Donald Trump ‘being played’ by Putin, former officials say

James Clapper and John Brennan say the president’s stance on Russia puts US in peril

Trump and Putin meet again at the APEC Summit in Vietnam on the weekend
Trump and Putin meet at the Apec summit in Vietnam on Saturday
(Image credit: MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Two former US intelligence chief have warned that Donald Trump is being “played” by Russian president Vladimir Putin, and that his dismissive attitude towards allegations of Russian interference in US elections poses “a peril” to the country.

Former director of national intelligence James Clapper and former CIA director John Brennan spoke up after Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he believed Putin’s assertion that Russia was not involved in meddling with the election.

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