Putin, Trump and Alaska
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President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine.
Russian President Putin speeches during their joint press conference with U.S. Persident Donald Trump after their meeing on war in Ukraine at U.S. Air Base In Alaska on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage,
Lawmakers retreated to their partisan corners in response to the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, with Republicans praising the president and Democrats arguing he was too cozy with Putin.
One key party not be in attendance Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump said after his meeting with the Russian president that he would call Zelenskyy and update him on the talks.
One of the documents indicated Trump planned to give the Russian president an “American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.”
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for nearly three hours in Anchorage, Alaska, but did not appear to reach a firm agreement on ending the war in Ukraine. Nicolle Wallace,
My View with Lara Trump’ host Lara Trump discusses President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and more on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’