(Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald TrumpAP)
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he "strongly pressed" Russian President Vladimir Putin about Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election during the pair's bilateral meeting Friday.
In a series of tweets, Trump said he and Putin did not discuss lifting sanctions on Russia over its incursions into Ukraine. And he announced that the US and Russia would form a joint cybersecurity task force, an eyebrow-raising move amid the consensus from US intelligence agencies that Russia directed the hacking and leaking of embarrassing internal communications from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chair John Podesta.
"Now it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!" Trump said.
Here are the tweets:
Some Russia hawks, like Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Linsey Graham, were quick to condemn the proposed cybersecurity unit, arguing that it is hard to imagine Russia would act in good faith following its interference in the 2016 election.