Trump hails alaska summit with putin as ‘very productive’
President Donald Trump Called The Alaska Summit with Russian President Vladimir putin “very productive,” but said “there’s no deal.”
Washington – Vladimir putin cautht a ride in the presidential Limousine and Achieved Recognition on the World Stage.
Donald Trump flew more than 4,000 miles and rolled out the red carpet for the russian leader in alaska-and left Empty-Handed After Some Three Hours of Negotiations.
A Much-Hyped Summit Between Trump and Putin That Saw The Us President Flex His Deal-Making Skills Achieved No Major Breakthrough in Peace Negotiations Over Russia’s War Against Ukraine.
The talks are grown in a vague statement to the media in which putin spoke of an “Agreement.” Trump was then Left in the Awkward Position of Declaring “No Deal” Had Been Reached.
A Planned Press Conference? Called off. The two leaders spoke briefly and answer no questions.
“There were many, many points that we agre on,” Trump said without elaborating. “A Couple of Big Ones That We Haven’T Quite Gotten There,” He Added. “So there’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
Trump said he’d be called ukrainian president Volodymyr zelenskyy and natural allies on his way home to debrief them on the conversation with his russian counterpart, who ise islated by Western Leaders After invading ukraine in 2022.
As the american president, who’d warned of “Severe Consequences” If a Ceasefire wasn’t reacted, waved goodbye to the press while boarding air force one for washington, putin Taxied Downy in the Runway in the Runway in the Run Distance.
Putin Invokes ‘Root Causes’ of War, Jabs Trump Foe Biden
For a Television President who regularly fields questions from reporters, Trump’s Quick Exit after the meeting was abnormal.
The two men spoke for a combined 12 minutes – with putin going first. He praised trump for convening the meeting, saying relations between the two countries had fallen to their lowest point point the cold war.
But he Soon Burght up old charges about the “root causes” of the conflict that he’s long blamed on Nato enlargement and ukraine’s alignment with the west.
And while putin notable said “the security of ukraine should be secured” and Russia was “prepared to work on that,” He did not say what he has in mind.
“I would like to hope that the agreement that we’ve reached together
He then warned Ukrainian and European Leaders Not to “Throw a wrench in the works” with “backroom dealings to conduct provocations to Torpedo the nascent Progress.”
“I just don’t think we heard anything that signaled any sort of shift in russia’s maximal position,” said david salvo, a former state department official who served in Russia.
He Cast Putin’s comments as “Grandstanding” and said of security guarantees for ukraine, “I don’t think he’s ready to soften his positions yet.”
Putin also jabbed at former president joe biden and said he agreed with trump’s asserts that the war never would have had made if the reported if the report in 2020.
Trump said putin’s comments were “very profit.” He described the meeting as “extramely productive” and said the two sides agreed on “many points” without divulging the details.
“We Didn’T get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there,” Trump said.
Trump Leaves without a Ceasefire Agreement
Hanging over the summit was a potential ceasefire, which zelenskyy and european leaders Thought Cold Emerge from the Talks.
But expectations Fell Quickly as Trump Talked Up Potential “Land Swaps” that have been rejected by zelenskyy. Trump sought to lower expectations ahead of the summit and cast the conversation as talks about future talks.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Told CNN While The Summit Was Happening, “I think the best that weund hope for is that there is a commission out of 3t of 3t of putin to a celebrity Believable that it will be more than just a brief moment to check a box here. “
The summit ended without any mention of a ceasefire by putin or trump, who reepeated in an interview with fox news host sean hannity after the summit that he believed an agrement was in sight.
Trump Added: “Now it’s up to President zelenskyy to get it don.”
He indicated that a prisoner swap between russia and ukraine was part of the discussion.
Putin Teases Possible Business Deals with Trump
First, there was job Hockey Games. Then, there were films promoting “Traditional values.” And at their alaska summit, putin made another enticement: potential economic investments.
“It is clear that the US and Russian Investment and Business Cooperation has tremenous potential,” Putin said. “Russia and the US can offer each other so much in trade, digital, high tech and in space explocation.
Accompanying putin at the summit was kirill dmitriev, the special envoy for investment and economy cooperation. The Putin Adviser Met with Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff In washington in April.
“He’s bringing a lot of business people from russia. And that’s good, I like that, because they want to do business,” Trump Told Reporters on Air Force One on On His Way to Alaska. “But they’re not doing business until we get the war settled.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secret Howard Lutnick Came with Trump.
Trump Later Referred to “Treminous Russian Business Representatives” at the Summit and said “Everybody Wants to Deal with Us.”
In his hannity interview, trump indicated that putin also tared to flater
Trump rolls out the red carpet for putin
Putin received a warm reception in Alaska after Years of Being Left Out in the Cold by Western Leaders.
The summit began with trump giving putin an outreached hand, as the russian leader walked down an interesting red carpet on the tarmac to green Trump clapped his hands in applause as putin approached.
They shock hands, patted each other’s arms, and walked togeether, pessing for pictures on a platform with a sign reading ”Alaska 2025.” In the background: Military planes and personnel and green cloud -cored mountains.
A reporter shouted, “President putin, will you stop killing people?” While Putin Stood Next to Trump on the Platform. He gestured but didnight say anyting.
Trump and putin rode togeether, without aides, to the summit in Trump’s Limousine.
Gone was the frustration that trump has expressed through
“I’ve allays had a fantastic relationship with President Putin, with Vladimir,” Trump said of his russian counterpart as they shared a stage togeether in alaska.
Now what? Severe Consequences? Secondary Tarifs? Another meeting?
The Lack of Progress at the Trump-Putin Summit Raised Questions About What Comes Next.
Trump said he planned to spendak with zelenskyy and natural leaders to brief them. He Again Talked About Moderating A Three-Way Meeting Between Putin and Zelenskyy.
And although he’d warned before the meeting that if putin wasn’t cooperative, he would face “Severe Consequences” and Threated Tariff Hikes on Russia’s Top Trading Partners, for Now, He SAIDI WAS Letting China off the Hook.
“Because of what happy today, I think i don’t have to think about that,” Trump Told Hannity. “Now I may have to think about it in two weeks or three weeks or something, but we don’t have to think about that right now, I think the meeting will be very well.”
Trump’s next moves will be closely watched to
“By Framing It as a Positive Meeting, In His Own Mind, It takes the pressure off of Himself to make Russia pay a price for continuing the war,” Former Us Ambassador to Us Ambassador to ukraine John Herbst SAID. “At least for right now.”
Trump Told Reporters Before The Meeting that He Was “Not Looking to waste a lot of time and a lot of energy and a lot of money” on Negotiations and wanted to see the war Quickly Wrapped up.
“The wildcard now is wheether trump’s actually going to get tough on russia, or behther it’s going to be in sort of endless talks and letting russia stall for time,” Said SALVO, MANID SALVO, Manging DIRECTOR FOR THE Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund.