Tweets that he and Putin discussed forming a joint 'impenetrable Cyber Security unit'

Two days after his first meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Trump tweeted that the two had discussed forming a joint cybersecurity unit with Russia to guard against election hacking. The proposal drew immediate bipartisan criticism given the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election on Trump's behalf, with Senator Marco Rubio comparing it to partnering with Bashar al-Assad on a chemical-weapons unit. Roughly 13 hours later, Trump reversed himself, tweeting that the fact he and Putin discussed the idea did not mean he thought it could actually happen. Critics characterized the episode as evidence Trump was minimizing the threat posed by Russian election interference.

“Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded..” Quote verified against source