Trump backs off cyber security unit against election hacking

"The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't," President Donald Trump said on Twitter Sunday night. However, he noted that an agreement with Russia for a ceasefire in Syria "can & did" happen. Trump tweeted earlier Sunday that he talked with Putin about forming an "impenetrable Cyber Security unit" primarily to guard against election hacking. That was met with mixed reactions in Washington.

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