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I wonder if the chaos makes storm-gate less significant. >> yeah. i think people arent that surprised by it. if you look at the polling, i think people believe that probably is true. and honestly, they kind of knew this thing about donald trump coming into the white house. its almost like, yeah -- that was to be expected. >> the president talked about cohns departure and north korea, which well get to later in the program. he also talked about russian meddling and what his administration is doin...

Trump today during the joint press conference with the prime minister of sweden. acknowledging russian meddling in our elections with the usual caveats, as long as it didnt affect any of the vote. the president went on to say, the u.s. would counteract any russian interference in the midterm elections. beyond making the case for paper ballots, he offered very few specifics. >> one of the things were learning is, its always good -- its old fashioned, but its always good to have a paper backup sys...

And one of the things were learning is its always good, its old fashioned but its always good to have a paper backup system of voting. its called paper. not highly complex computers. paper. and a lot of states are doing that. theyre going to a paper backup and i think thats a great idea. >> all right. so can i just say something? >> sure. >> i completely agree with the president there. paper is a great backup and the reason why is you know, it is one of the things that have -- that ive had a lit...

Election because the economy is so good and were protecting our job like our jobs are being protected finally with what were doing with the tariffs. but you have to be vigilant. one of the things were learning is its always good, its old fashioned but its always good to have a paper backup system of voting. >> that was part of donald trumps word salad of an answer. we cut out the riff on george gore such and black unemployment, which is also for some reason something he included in that answer. ...

One of the things were learning is its always good, its old-fashioned but its always good to have a paper backup system of voting. its called paper. not highly complex computers, paper. a lot of states are doing that. going to a paper backup. and i think thats a great idea. were studying it closely. various agencies, including homeland security, are studying it carefully. >> but are you worried about russians frying to meddle in -- trying to immediate until the mid-term elections? >> president t...

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