President Donald Trump is working to find areas where Russia and the United States can work together and discussed far more than just election meddling during their meeting on Monday in Helsinki, presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday.
"The media only talks about meddling in the election," Conway told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "The president says he accepts the findings of his intelligence community, his intelligence professionals and he has full faith in the intelligence community."
Meanwhile, the two presidents also talked about North Korea, Iran, nuclear proliferation, and much more, said Conway.
"We all agree, the president has a duty to avoid war with Russia and others," said Conway.
"What President Trump was able to do is go and sit down, stand there, for all to see with the leader of the Kremlin and try to find areas where we can actually work together and there many."
She also pointed to October 2016, when then-President Barack Obama was "deriding the idea you could have a rigged election," but after Trump won, "of sudden the Obama administration was stirred up and exercised about election meddling. What were we supposed to do, confront Putin? Putin denies it."
Trump's trip to Europe was "very successful," said Conway, pointing to his start at NATO "where he got them to pony up $44 billion indues for the common defense, with the promise of hundreds of billions of dollars more."
The president does, she insisted, stand with the intelligence community.
"He accepts the findings," said Conway. "He knows Russia meddled in the election. Make it very clear, did it impact a single vote? No. Did it impact a single election? No? Nobody has any of that evidence."
Trump, meanwhile, remains tough on Russia, including with sanctions,
"You can keep the sanctions, you can keep the pressure on but still try to forge ahead on issues of the day but this nonsense that you doesn't even meet with the leader of the Kremlin, where were the media when other presidents did exactly that?" said Conway.
Conway also discussed the next phase of tax cut legislation, saying the most important thing that would happen is to make individual tax cuts more permanent.
She also noted that the United States is already seeing the benefits of the first phase of tax reform, including millions of Americans receiving bonuses or raises. There is also renewed confidence among consumers and businesses, said Conway.
"Everywhere I go in this country, people that didn't vote for President Trump, people come up to me saying the economy is strong and thanking you for giving me bonuses and raises," said Conway.