Maintaining that Russian interference would not be tolerated, the White House said yesterday the onus lies with Russia as to what type of relationship they want with the US.
"A lot of that depends on Russia, and what type of relationship they want to have, and whether or not they want to be a good actor or a bad actor," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at her daily news conference.
"Some of that will be determined by the actions that Russia takes and how they want to be perceived," she said in response to a question on remarks made by former US President George W Bush in New York this week.
In his speech, Bush was critical of President Donald Trump but refrained from naming him.
Sanders said the Trump administration agrees that Russian interference should not be tolerated.
"Do we agree that Russian interference shouldn't be tolerated? Absolutely. And we've said that many times before, and certainly would argue that has been repeated at least a dozen times from this podium," she said.
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