insights, abby phillip of cnn, michael warren of the weekly standard and margaret tal of bloomberg. on air force one saturday, this is how the president characterized his asia trip chat with russia's president. quote, he said he didn't meddle. he said he didn't meddle, the president told reporters. that was on air force one. i asked him again. you can only ask so many times. every time he sees me, he says, i didn't do that. and i believe -- i really believe that when he tells me that, he means it of i think he is very insulted by it. in that same conversation, the president labeled as hacks the men who led the intelligence agencies that concluded russia mounted an effort to intervene in the 2016 campaign with the goal of helping mr. trump. but hours later, and after his own cia put out a statement saying there is no doubt russia did meddle, the president retreated. sort of. he said he agrees with the current leaders of the