Trump says Russia did not help him win, contradicting tweet

President Trump in a tweet early Thursday acknowledged for the first time that Russia aided his campaign during the 2016 election, then walked back the suggestion in comments outside the White House moments later.

“No, Russia did not help me get elected,” Trump told reporters as he left to deliver the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement address in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Twenty minutes earlier, Trump tweeted, “I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected.”

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