Twitter Mocks Trump Believing Putin Over US Intel: ‘Anybody Have a Bridge to Sell?’

President Trump made comments to reporters today about how he believes Vladimir Putin “means it” when he denies Russian meddling in the U.S. election, and these remarks threw a lot of people on Twitter:

Anybody have a bridge to sell? https://t.co/FRJA7BEoN4

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) November 11, 2017

1. Opens Twitter.
2. Realizes its Saturday and this is dangerous to one’s long-term mental health. 3. Thinks about closing Twitter.
4. Reads ?????! tweet.
5. Needs to see the videotape. https://t.co/Rf60UjTBiU

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) November 11, 2017

Trump believes Putin on election interference but not the US intelligence community. #facepalm https://t.co/RVRFBkYaVX

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) November 11, 2017

Trump believes Putin NOT his intelligence community. https://t.co/1haHoAXfEr

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 11, 2017

Our President believes Putin over our intelligence community. There it is. https://t.co/5HXTHNrXXu

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 11, 2017

“[Putin] said he didn’t meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times. And I believe… I think he is very insulted by it.”

You know who else is insulted by it, Mr. President? The American people. You believe a foreign adversary over your own intelligence agencies. https://t.co/lZkQAch7CT

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 11, 2017

.@RealDonaldTrump, Maybe you should get your daily intelligence briefing from the Kremlin since you trust Putin more than American intelligence agencies.

— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) November 11, 2017

That President Trump continues to deny Moscow’s effort to influence our elections on his behalf should put all Americans on high alert. This is an actual threat to our freedom. https://t.co/PTgycoE5bY

— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) November 11, 2017

Well we certainly wouldn’t want to insult the man https://t.co/GXBIBny09Z

— Jared Rizzi (@JaredRizzi) November 11, 2017

So our president believes a KGB agent but not his own CIA? Not good. https://t.co/1GC7og7lte

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) November 11, 2017

Things Trump believes: Putin’s denials about Russian meddling

Things Trump doesn’t believe: Obama’s birth certificate is real.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 11, 2017

Breaking: Trump throws his support behind Putin for Alabama senate seat.

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 11, 2017

To be clear: Donald Trump, president of the United States, does NOT believe the 17 American agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community re Russian meddling in the election. But he DOES believe former KGB agent Vladimir Putin. Let that sink in. https://t.co/FR2oY4Pk21

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 11, 2017

Once again Mr President, the current DNI, CIA Dir, NSA Dir, FBI Dir, as well as GOP Congressional leadership, & GOP & Dem members of House & Senate Intel Cmtes all without exception accept the IC’s confident assessment #Russia meddled in the election. https://t.co/QvonKJpiXq

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 11, 2017

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