Daily Mail: 'We're dealing with someone we simply cannot trust': Mattis hits out at Putin and calls him a 'slow learner' as he reveals the Russian government attempted to interfere in the US midterm elections
* Mattis said Putin 'tried again to muck around in our elections this last month'
* 'This is a very complex situation because clearly Mr Putin a slow learner,' he said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California on Saturday
* Said there is 'no doubt' the relationship between Russia and US 'has worsened'
* US intelligence community is probing whether there was foreign interference
* Mattis' words come days after Trump canceled a formal G20 meeting with Putin
Defense Secretary James Mattis has revealed that the Russian government attempted to interfere in the US midterm elections last month.
'He tried again to muck around in our elections this last month,' Mattis said of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
'We are seeing a continued effort around those lines.'
Mattis also said there is 'no doubt' that the relationship between Putin and President Donald Trump's administration 'has worsened'.
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