Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is known for his blunt talk -- on everything ranging from trade to immigration and the fight against ISIS. But throughout the 2016 campaign, and now in the White House, there's one topic that he's been less forthcoming about -- Russia's role interfering in the US election. He's answered questions about attempts to hack the 2016 election many different ways throughout the campaign and since ascending to the presidency -- even speculating during a debate last year that it "could be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds." The unanimous assessment of the US intelligence community is clear: Russia orchestrated a series of hacks and cyberattacks to meddle in the 2016 election and help Trump beat Hillary Clinton. Intelligence agencies have not concluded that Russian efforts made a difference in the election result.Spicer said Tuesday he hasn't talked to Trump about the hackingUS intelligence agencies agree Russia is to blame
Here is a timeline of Trump's comments about _ interference in the election:. At the second presidential debate, Trump dismissed claims that _ is behind the hacks, questioned whether there are any hacks in the first place and said he has no business in Russia. I think it would be great if we got along with _ because we could fight ISIS together, as an example. Intelligence heads briefed _ on Russian hacking and the dossier, CNN reported, and Trump again declined to say clearly that Russia was behind the election-related hacks. If _ hacked, if Russia did anything having to do with our election I want to know about it," Trump said. "I have not sat down and talked to him about that specific thing," _ said during the press briefing.