Putin, Trump and Alaska
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In a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, first lady Melania Trump urged him to think about the future for world's children
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.
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.
President Donald Trump on Friday lauded his bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that he would rate the meeting as a 10 out of 10.
According to UK newspaper The Telegraph, offering Alaskan natural resources to Russia could be part of a peace deal in Ukraine.
Zelensky’s meeting with Trump comes after Trump met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and told allies that Putin wanted Ukraine’s Donbas as a condition to end the war.