--- title: President Trump's Russia Story Revisions description: Conflicting stories define the Trump administration's communication on Russia, as the latest bombshell about Donald Trump jr. shows. canonical: https://time.com/4851192/president-trumps-russia-story-revisions/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-10T17:29:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:29:24.018Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Russia Story Revisions og:description: Conflicting stories define the Trump administration's communication on Russia, as the latest bombshell about Donald Trump jr. shows. og:url: https://time.com/4851192/president-trumps-russia-story-revisions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Russia Story Revisions twitter:description: Conflicting stories define the Trump administration's communication on Russia, as the latest bombshell about Donald Trump jr. shows. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Russia Story Revisions > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 10, 2017 5:29 PM UTC Confounding statements, conflicting stories, and shifting narratives define the Trump administration’s communications on all things Russia, as evidenced by last week’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the latest bombshell about Donald Trump Jr.’s communications with Russian officials during the campaign. After President Donald Trump sat down with the Russian leader Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Trump and Putin had discussed the issue of sanctions. In a Sunday tweet, Trump claimed he and Putin didn’t discuss sanctions. That was quickly overshadowed by Trump saying in a tweet that he and Putin had discussed forming an “impenetrable Cyber Security unit” to protect elections, an idea quickly ridiculed by both Democrats and Republicans. Trump ultimately walked back the idea, but not before several key aides were forced to defend it. The younger Trump’s admission Sunday that he agreed to meet with a Russian lawyer only because she claimed she had dirt on Hillary Clinton is only the latest forced walk-back by a Trump ally over communications with Russian nationals during the campaign. It follows a pattern of Trump aides and allies making categorical denials only to be proven wrong, further adding fuel to the Russia frenzy. The reflexive defensiveness and obfuscation provides another thread for the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election, and the latest self-inflicted wound from within the president’s inner-circle. Obama returns to the political fray. Trump’s enemies list. 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This is about having capabilities to make sure that we both fight cyber together, which I think is a very significant accomplishment for President Trump.” —Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to ABC’s _This Week_ on President Donald Trump’s tweeted announcement of a cybersecurity partnership with the Russian government. “The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn’t mean I think it can happen. It can’t-but a ceasefire can,& did!’ —Trump hours later in a tweet. **Bits and Bites** [A Secretaries of State Meeting Used to Be Friendly. 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Lawmakers say they were ‘dumbfounded.’](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/09/trump-suggested-a-cybersecurity-pact-with-russia-lawmakers-say-they-were-dumbfounded/?utm%5Fterm=.ebce39f82ee0) \[Washington Post\] [‘Had to Listen.’ Donald Trump Jr. Defends Controversial Russia Meeting](http://time.com/4851179/donald-trump-jr-russia-meeting-tweet/) \[TIME\] [Federal prosecutors step up probe of land deal pushed by wife of Bernie Sanders](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/federal-prosecutors-step-up-probe-of-land-deal-pushed-by-wife-of-bernie-sanders/2017/07/10/e3fc3e72-625a-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.73b1d44d9848) \[Washington Post\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4851192/president-trumps-russia-story-revisions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4851192/president-trumps-russia-story-revisions/"},"headline":"President Trump's Russia Story Revisions","datePublished":"2017-07-10T17:29:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:29:24.018Z","description":"Morning Must Reads: July 10","url":"https://time.com/4851192/president-trumps-russia-story-revisions/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","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":"https://time.com/4851192/president-trumps-russia-story-revisions/","name":"President Trump's Russia Story Revisions"}}]}] ```