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   Trump Treats War Criminal Dictator Putin Like Royalty, Still Fails To Get   
   Ceasefire   
   Trump claimed heading into the summit with Russias leader that stopping the   
   killing in Ukraine was the top priority.   
      
   Aug 15, 2025, 07:21 PM EDT   
      
      
   President Donald Trump literally rolled out the red carpet for Russias   
   accused war criminal dictator on American soil, honored him with a flyover   
   of U. S. military jets, invited him into the presidential limousine to   
   share a ride and a laugh and, hours later, apparently ended the meeting   
   without Vladimir Putins agreement to stop his brutal invasion of Ukraine.   
      
   Theres no deal until there is a deal, Trump said at a joint appearance with   
   Putin at the end of three hours of discussions at Joint Base   
   ElmendorfRichardson, just outside Anchorage, Alaska.   
      
   We had an extremely productive meeting, and many points were agreed to.   
   There are just a very few that are left. Some are not that significant. One   
   is probably the most significant, but we have a very good chance of getting   
   there, Trump said. We didnt get there, but we have a very good chance of   
   getting there.   
      
   Putin spoke for nine minutes, spending much of the time explaining Russian   
   and American cooperation during World War II, the geographic proximity of   
   Alaska and eastern Russia and how nice it was to have Trump as president   
   again.   
      
   It is known that there have been no summits between Russia and the U. S.   
   for four years, and thats a long time, Putin said through an interpreter.   
   This time was very hard for bilateral relations, and lets be frank, theyve   
   fallen to the lowest point since the Cold War.   
      
   He said he was grateful that Trump was not as difficult to deal with as his   
   predecessor, Joe Biden, and that he seemed more receptive to hearing Putins   
   side of the story regarding his 2022 invasion of Ukraine.   
      
   We see the strive of the administration and President Trump personally to   
   help facilitate the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, and his strive to   
   get to the crux of the matter to understand this history is precious, Putin   
   said.   
      
   Trump, for his part, returned to one of his favorite grievances about the   
   investigation into the help he received from Putin in winning the 2016   
   election which Trump has for years falsely called a hoax.   
      
   We were interfered with by the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. That made it   
   tougher to deal with, but he understood it. I think hes probably seen   
   things like that during the course of his career, Trump said. Hes seen it   
   all, but we had to put up with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. He knew it   
   was a hoax, and I knew it was a hoax, but what was done was very criminal,   
   but it made it harder for us to deal as a country in terms of the business   
   and all of the things that would like to have dealt with.   
      
   Trump spoke for less than four minutes on stage, and although the   
   appearance had been billed as a press conference, neither man took any   
   questions.   
      
   Putin did, however, invite Trump to his country. Next time, in Moscow,   
   Putin said, in English.   
      
   Putin was charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court in   
   2023 for his vicious attacks against Ukraine, faces arrest in most other   
   countries and needed a waiver of U. S. sanctions for him to travel to the   
   United States.   
      
   Trump, nevertheless, treated him like royalty, starting with the granting   
   of the meeting in the first place. American soldiers were seen kneeling on   
   the tarmac to secure a red carpet at the foot of the stairs of Putins   
   plane. Trump greeted him warmly, even clapping for him as he approached. As   
   the two walked to a podium for a photo, a B-2 stealth bomber and four   
   fighter jets roared overhead in salute.   
      
   Then, Trump invited him into his presidential limousine and Putin agreed,   
   abandoning his own car to ride with Trump for the short drive from the   
   airfield to the meeting room. The two were seen laughing through the   
   window. According to White House officials, no interpreters were in the   
   limo with them.   
      
   On the flight to Alaska earlier Friday, Trump told reporters on Air Force   
   One that he would not be happy if the summit failed to produce a ceasefire.   
      
   I want to see a ceasefire rapidly. I dont know if its going to be today,   
   but Im not going to be happy if its not today, he said.   
      
   What happens next is unclear. Trump said he would call Ukrainian President   
   Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Americas European allies to brief them. He had   
   originally hoped to set up a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy or among   
   the three of them together.   
      
   Fridays was Trumps second high-level summit with Putin, with both ending   
   without any real substance.   
      
   Trump had lavishly praised Putin for about a decade before winning the   
   presidency with his help in 2016. He then pushed for a one-on-one summit   
   with him in Helsinki in 2018, even though there were no close-to-completion   
   agreements on major issues with Russia, which are normally a prerequisite   
   for a top-level meeting.   
      
   At a joint press conference afterward, Putin was smiling and appeared   
   confident, while Trump looked unhappy or even frightened. It was at that   
   event that Trump infamously stated he took the word of the KGB-trained spy   
   over that of his own intelligence agencies on the matter of Russias work to   
   help Trump win the election.   
      
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