Putin, Trump and Zelensky
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Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.
Trump and Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday afternoon to discuss an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began more than three years ago. The pair announced “great progress” had been made, but they still did not reach any kind of plan to end the war.
European leaders, including from Britain, France and Germany, will join as Trump meets Zelensky in Washington after his Alaska summit with Putin.
We are ready to work together with President Trump, together with all our partners, for real and, most importantly, lasting peace. A peace that will not collapse because of Moscow’s
Fresh off the back of his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump has held talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Alaska summit shows Trump always chickens out when facing Putin
President Trump’s trip to Alaska to meet with Vladimir Putin was unsuccessful, as he accepted Putin’s demands for territorial annexations and failed to secure a peace deal, leaving
Suddenly, after Alaska, Trump claimed that “mere ceasefires” were unreliable and that only a “final peace agreement” would do. In other words, in exchange for nothing, Putin got a propaganda victory and convinced Trump, at least for now, to adopt his preferred path to “negotiations.”
The US president says if Friday’s summit in Alaska is a “good meeting” he will call Ukraine's President Zelensky to arrange a second meeting.
The planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is a "highly anticipated meeting," the Republican said.
At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.