Former President Jimmy Carter smiles as he returns to Maranatha Baptist Church to teach Sunday School, less than a month after falling and breaking his hip, in Plains Georgia, June 9, 2019. The 94-year-old former U.S. president said Friday that he believes Russia’s meddling “if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016.” Carter said he believes Trump “lost the election” and became president “because the Russians interfered on his behalf." Credit: Curtis Compton | Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP




Carter made his comments Friday during a discussion on human rights at a resort in Leesburg, Virginia. Carter had said there was “no doubt that the Russians did interfere” in 2016.




“He’s been badly trashed,” Trump said. “He’s like the forgotten president. And I understand why they say that. He was not a good president.”