“I know nothing about Wikileaks. It’s not my thing,” he said, claiming that he knew little about the detention of Mr Assange.
The president’s comments were striking given the number of times he voiced admiration for Wikileaks in 2016, praising it for revealing embarrassing details about his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.
Mr Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr was also in contact with the organisation for several months as it sought his help in promoting the dissemination of that information.
“This just came out,” Trump told an audience in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 16 2016. “WikiLeaks, I love WikiLeaks.”
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