Trump cited remarks made by Obama at a press conference with then-Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi just weeks before the election, in which Obama advised then-candidate Trump to “stop whining” about potential election rigging. Trump tweeted that quote Tuesday morning, citing it as proof Democrats’ attitudes changed after he won the election. Obama was addressing Trump claims that voter fraud within the U.S. could affect the election, not Russian meddling. But Trump seized on the words Tuesday to put them into the current context of Russian election meddling. "Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President," Trump tweeted on Friday.

Source: Fox News February 20, 2018 13:35 UTC