President Trump says he doesn’t trust U.S. intelligence, and people believe him. That distrust makes it easier for bad actors — like Russia and other adversaries — to sow discord and division. Now, Moscow is doing that with talk of biological weapons.

In Helsinki, standing next to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said that Putin told him he didn’t interfere in U.S. elections and he believed him. U.S. intelligence sources had made it quite clear that Putin was lying.