Trump's short-lived cyber security deal with Putin: The best tweets, jokes and memes

Social media reacts to US President's plan to fight hackers with his Russian counterpart

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB(Photo credit sh
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Donald Trump appears to have backed away from his announcement that he might form an "impenetrable" cyber security unit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Saturday night, the US President tweeted that he had come up with the plan after meeting his Moscow counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg last week.

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