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Reporters press Trump on Russian court‑system hack and planned Putin meeting; Trump downplays surprise
Summary
A reporter asked whether Trump would raise reporting of Russian hacks of U.S. federal court systems with President Putin; Trump said he had heard about the reports and replied, "They hack in. That's what they do," while previewing a meeting with Putin this week.
A reporter asked President Trump whether reporting that Russian actors had breached computer systems that manage U.S. federal court documents would be raised with President Vladimir Putin during an upcoming meeting.
"There's a new reporting that the Russians have hacked into some computer systems that manage US federal court documents," the reporter said. Trump replied: "They hack in. That's what they do. They're good at it. We're good at it. We're actually better at it. But, no, I I have heard about it."
Later in the exchange the president described the Alaska meeting with Mr. Putin as a first‑step conversation intended to "set the table" for a potentially more productive follow‑up. He said he would also contact President Zelensky after the meeting and expressed a desire to end the war in Ukraine.
The remarks combined an acknowledgment of reporting on an alleged cyber intrusion with a downplaying of surprise and a forward look to diplomatic meetings in Alaska.
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