Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories DANANG, Vietnam — President Trump said Saturday that he believed President Vladimir Putin is sincere in his denials of interference in the 2016 election, calling questions about Moscow’s meddling a politically motivated “hit job” that is hindering cooperation with Russia on life-or-death issues. Speaking after meeting privately with Putin at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Danang, Trump said that he had again asked whether Russia had meddled in the contest but that the continued focus on the issue was insulting to Putin. “He said he didn’t meddle — I asked him again,” Trump told reporters traveling with him aboard Air Force One as he flew to Hanoi for more meetings. “You can only ask so many times. I just asked him again. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election.’’ Trump did not answer a direct question about whether he believed Putin’s denials, but his account of the conversation indicated he was far more inclined to accept the Russian president’s assertions than those of his own intelligence agencies, which have concluded that Putin directed an elaborate effort to interfere in the vote. “Every time he sees me he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it,” Trump said of Putin. “I think he is very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country.” President Trump... Link to the full article to read more