Something I really enjoy is how all the folks on the left (and all you posters here that claim you are not on the left) just love to state how Trump lies all the time, and then you go and pull out one small part of a statement and misconstrue what it meant as if suddenly Trump MUST be believed with that small little utterance. Nothing like looking foolish over that.
Go ahead and read the transcript of that Helsinki meeting, consider the larger context of the meeting and the statements of the two men. Note the comment about how Putin says that you don't just trust someone, you need to verify with facts. Trump had a response, and no matter whether he meant to say "would" or "wouldn't" trust Putin, you need to keep in mind that the intelligence community (FBI, CIA) had already undermined Trump, just as Chuck Schumer said that they would. Given how the IC had operated, why do you blindly accept them as disciples of truth that must be believed in each and every instance? You have hammered that over and over here and are naive to think that way.
Finally, after just finishing a meeting between the two countries leaders that was intended to find ways for the countries to get along better, and then being asked a question asked a question about whether he trusted Putin, WTF did you expect him to say? Would it have been a wise move to blurt out that Putin was a lying piece of shit and that he hoped he would soon die from a heart attack or military coup? For God's sake, man, get a grasp of the situation and stop spewing out DNC talking points.
The press conference transcript—and what the White House edited out.
foreignpolicy.com