'Disgraceful,' 'Pushover,' 'Deeply Troubled': Reaction To The Trump-Putin Summit

Many Republicans harshly criticized President Trump's performance in his press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which Trump said Putin's denial that Moscow interfered with the 2016 election is "strong and powerful" — despite U.S. intelligence findings to the contrary.

Meanwhile, Democratic leaders started to openly question whether the Russians have damaging information on the president following his joint appearance in which he deferred to Putin on the question of election interference and entertained joint cyber security efforts.

House Speaker Paul Ryan responded with a statement echoed by many senior Republican officials: "There is no question that Russia interfered in our election and continues attempts to undermine democracy here and around the world."

"The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally. There is no moral equivalence