In his first comments on a data breach across the United States government, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed the cyber eavesdrop campaign. Instead, he raised questions on whether Russia was really to blame, despite his own top diplomat accusing the country of trying to hack into numerous federal agencies.

Taking to his Twitter account at 11:30 a.m. ET Saturday, Trump claimed that the "Fake News Media" is portraying the cyber hack far greater than it actually is. He went on to say that he was fully briefed and everything is under control. When anything happens, Trump pointed out, Russia becomes the priority chant because the mainstream media is afraid of discussing that it may be China, for mostly financial reasons,

Trump's remarks do not coincide with what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last week in an interview with Mark Levin on The Mark Levin Show. He confirmed that there was a major effort to take advantage of a piece of third-party software to embed code inside America's Government systems.

Pompeo went on to say that the systems of private companies, companies, and governments around the globe have been affected, according to a transcript published by the State Department. Noting that it was a significant effort, Pompeo said that they could confirm that Russians were involved in this hacking attempt.

During an appearance on NBC’S Meet the Press, Senator Mitt Romney said, "Russia acted with impunity." He is one of the few congressional Republicans who criticized the president's dubious claims and attempted to overturn the election results. Romney also confirmed that they have identified that Trump has a blind spot when it comes to Russia.

Throughout his tenure, Trump has repeatedly refuted accusations that Russian hackers helped him and hurt his opponent, Hillary Clinton, ahead of the 2016 presidential vote. Moreover, he has been extremely respectful to Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, and has appeared to accept his words over that of the nation's own intelligence agencies.

Trump has also continued attacking the integrity of the election system in the United States by making dubious claims of hackers’ targetting voting machines. The president's remarks came shortly after Pompeo's aforesaid interview, wherein he admitted that it was clear that it was the Russians that attempted the massive hack.

Pompeo is the first administrative official to accuse Russia of trying to insert malicious code into SolarWinds Orion network monitoring platform updates and planning to use that to invade U.S. government agencies. Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Energy, Homeland Security, and Commerce have all been affected.