Trump, Putin Summit in Alaska
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It was a welcome tailored for a close friend, not a war criminal, and it looked to the Ukrainians like their nightmare.
Trump and Putin “looked like buddies” during their initial greetings in Alaska Friday – but the dynamic had shifted by the end of their visit, according to a body language expert.
Papers bearing U.S. State Department markings and detailing President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin were discovered in the business center of an Anchorage hotel, raising new questions about the handling of sensitive government information.
A look at some moments in Anchorage, Alaska, where President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have arrived, with delegations in tow, for a high-stakes summit on the war in Ukraine.
Ahead of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska's Anchorage, sensitive documents surfaced at Hotel Captain Cook. The printout revealed lunch menus and seating arrangements. It also contained details about gifts and staff contact information.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was not invited to the Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, but 1,000 Ukrainian refugees in Alaska will be watching with trepidation.
Pickup trucks, salmon fishing and grizzly bear displays give way to FBI agents and $1,000 hotel rooms as Anchorage’s biggest political moment unfolds. “All eyes” on the state.
The meeting will be the first time in four years that a U.S. president has met with Putin since the Russia-Ukraine war began.