President-elect Donald Trump finally had his intelligence briefing that outlined the evidence that Russia hacked the United States election and fed the information to WikiLeaks. For weeks, Trump has denied that this evidence could be true, saying at one point that he 'knows things' others don't about the Russian hacking. "So, they cannot be sure of the situation," Trump said outside Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.
"These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction," Trump's transition team said in another statement following a Washington Post report.
Friday after his briefing, Trump suddenly changed his approach and language claiming that there's no proof that Russia hacked voting machines or votes or that it made any difference.
This dramatic shift was noticed by Twitter and mocked soundly:
I think my favorite joke out of this whole Russia hacking debacle is asking Trump how Putin's dick tastes.— Brian (@Brian) 1483737458.0
Even after his briefing, Trump continues to actively obscure Russia's multifaceted, ongoing attack on American demo… https://t.co/jErnkbDXdl— Evan McMullin 🇺🇸 (@Evan McMullin 🇺🇸) 1483735775.0
Trump conveniently forgets to admit he was wrong after intel briefing. Watch for him to suddenly stop talking about Russia entirely.— Sarah Burris (@Sarah Burris) 1483733711.0
Trump: "Russia did hack the DNC, but only to get me elected, so that's fine. I only wish they hacked in 2008 so we didn't have Obama now."— Top Conservative Cat (cat/cat) (@Top Conservative Cat (cat/cat)) 1483734667.0
He told us it was rigged.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) 1483736965.0
Trump shorter: Russia? I didn't say anything about Russia. https://t.co/TzQKnyre0K— Sarah Burris (@Sarah Burris) 1483736165.0
Shorter Trump: Lip service to pros Russia AND OTHERS always be hacking. I WON FAIR AND SQUARE. RNC>DNC. Experts I derided will give me plan.— Jon Ralston (@Jon Ralston) 1483731974.0
Weird. The guy who was sure a black president had to be born in Kenya refuses to believe that a white president tried to help him.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) 1483735238.0
Believe Russia wanted Trump to be President because easier to deal with an idiot than a smart person.— Gayle Alstrom (@Gayle Alstrom) 1483738326.0
American trolls are FURIOUS Trump outsourced paid trolls to Russia— Sarah Burris (@Sarah Burris) 1483738085.0
So instead of investigating Russia, Trump wants to investigate his own intelligence community. 😂😂😂— Denny Crane (@Denny Crane) 1483739124.0
Truly curious as to how Trump supporters will talk their way out of this new report on Russia TROLLING them.— Kathryn Harris (@Kathryn Harris) 1483739472.0
Wait, when Trump was calling on Russia to hack Hillary's emails did he think he was talking to a 14 year old in a bedroom? #thisguy— Dale Seever (@Dale Seever) 1483738506.0
Trump can't accept IC assessment that Russia influenced the election because it portrays him as weaker candidate Putin could control.— Diane (@Diane) 1483739372.0
