Arnold Schwarzenegger blasts Trump's meeting with Putin

Putin and Trump shake hands in Helsinki Photo: AFP

Arnold Schwarzenegger has blasted Donald Trump's meeting with Vladamir Putin, calling the American president a "wet noodle fanboy".

The former actor turned politician said Mr Trump was an embarrassment to his country and was surprised he didn't ask the Russian leader for a selfie.

Arnie, who was the Republican governor of California between November 2003 and January 2011, recorded a video he later posted to his social media account.

He made the recording after the US president appeared at a press conference yesterday with Putin, at a summit in Helsinki.

He tweeted the president saying @ realDonaldTrump, remember, America first.

In the video Mr Schwarzenegger said: "President Trump, I just saw your press conference with president Putin, and it was embarrassing. I mean you stood there like a little wet noodle, like a little fanboy.

"I was asking myself, when are you going to ask him for an autograph, or a selfie, or something like that.

"You literally sold out at this press conference, the intelligence community, our justice system, and worst of all our country.

"You're the president of the United States, you shouldn't do that.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"I mean, what's the matter with you?

"Whatever happened to the strong words, or the strength of Ronald Reagan, when he stood there at the Berlin Wall and he said Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall.

"What happened to all that?"

The Terminator's comments came before Trump tonight attempted to backtrack on his criticism of US intelligence agencies following the backlash.

Trump said on Monday that he saw no reason why Russia would attempt to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.

That is despite the CIA and FBI both agreeing that the Kremlin did.

The president has seen politicians from both sides in the US criticise his conduct and even accuse him of treason.

But today Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, changed his tune.

He said he had full faith and support for US intelligence agencies and accepted their conclusion that Russia meddled in the election.