--- title: Donald Trump: Russia May Not Be Alone in Election Meddling description: Speaking in Poland on Thursday, President Trump said "nobody really knows" if only Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election canonical: https://time.com/4846734/donald-trump-russia-election-meddling/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-06T11:41:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:27:02.717Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Just Said 'Nobody Really Knows' If Only Russia Interfered in the U.S. Election og:description: "I think it was Russia, and it could have been other people in other countries" og:url: https://time.com/4846734/donald-trump-russia-election-meddling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a1232cc38d7146d/6988d4a14ee2626c3b30e084/170706_donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 170706_Donald Trump Warsaw og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Just Said 'Nobody Really Knows' If Only Russia Interfered in the U.S. Election twitter:description: "I think it was Russia, and it could have been other people in other countries" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a1232cc38d7146d/6988d4a14ee2626c3b30e084/170706_donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Says 'Nobody Really Knows' If Only Russia Interfered in U.S. Election by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Jul 6, 2017 11:41 AM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Poland's President Andrzej Duda after arriving at the Royal Castle, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Warsaw. U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Poland's President Andrzej Duda after arriving at the Royal Castle, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Warsaw.Evan Vucci—AP by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Jul 6, 2017 11:41 AM UTC Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Poland, [President Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4840830/donald-trump-elise-jordan-normal/)said “nobody really knows” if Russia was solely responsible for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “I think it was [Russia](http://time.com/4846396/donald-trump-warsaw-poland-russia-north-korea-vladimir-putin/), and it could have been other people in other countries,” Trump said, according to the [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/world/europe/donald-trump-poland-g20-hamburg.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news), after he was asked for a yes or no answer to the question about Russian interference in the election. “Nobody really knows,” he added. “Nobody really knows for sure.” But Trump’s words contradict the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies, who determined that Russian President [Vladimir Putin](http://time.com/4839829/president-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-meeting/) led efforts to meddle in the election, notes the _Times._ Trump also argued that American intelligence agencies have made mistakes in the past, the _Times_ reports, citing the time when officials determined Baghdad had weapons of mass destruction just before the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4846734/donald-trump-russia-election-meddling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4846734/donald-trump-russia-election-meddling/"},"headline":"President Trump Says 'Nobody Really Knows' If Only Russia Interfered in U.S. Election","datePublished":"2017-07-06T11:41:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:27:02.717Z","description":"\"I think it was Russia, and it could have been other people in other countries.\"","url":"https://time.com/4846734/donald-trump-russia-election-meddling/","keywords":["Donald Trump","russia","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a1232cc38d7146d/6988d4a14ee2626c3b30e084/170706_donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeline Farber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a1232cc38d7146d/6988d4a14ee2626c3b30e084/170706_donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170706_Donald Trump Warsaw","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4846734/donald-trump-russia-election-meddling/","name":"President Trump Says 'Nobody Really Knows' If Only Russia Interfered in U.S. Election"}}]}] ```