Trump-Putin Alaska Meet Live Updates: US President Donald Trump spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky hours after his summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska early Saturday. Trump also spoke to NATO leaders after he failed to reach a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war during his three-hour-long meeting with Putin.
After the summit, Trump addressed a press conference with Putin and said, “There’s no deal until there’s a deal”.
Putin said he and Trump had reached an “understanding” on Ukraine, and warned Europe not to “torpedo the nascent progress.”
The Russian leader repeated Moscow’s long-held position that it is “sincerely interested in putting an end” to the war in Ukraine, but for that to happen, “all the root causes of the crisis … must be eliminated.” He added that he agrees with Trump on ensuring Ukraine’s security and said Moscow was “ready to work on this,” without offering details.
Both leaders left the room without answering questions from reporters.
US President Donald Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after his summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska and also was talking with NATO leaders early Saturday, the White House said.
Trump secured no agreement to end Russia’s war in Ukraine even after rolling out the red carpet for Putin.
US President Donald Trump seems to have softened his stance on Moscow’s oil trade after meeting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. When asked about retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China and India for buying Russian oil, the American leader said he has no immediate plans to consider that, but might do it “in two or three weeks.”
Trump was asked by Fox News’ Sean Hannity if he was now considering punitive actions against Beijing after talks with Putin failed to produce an agreement to resolve or pause Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
“Well, because of what happened today, I think I don’t have to think about that…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, you know, the meeting went very well,” Trump said after his summit with Putin in Alaska.
After meeting US President Donald Trump in Alaska, Russian President Vladmir Putin warned Ukraine and European countries to “not create any obstacles” and not “make attempts to disrupt this emerging progress through provocation or behind-the-scenes intrigues.”
Trump invited Putin just a week ago and ensured there was some carefully choreographed drama for their first in-person meeting since 2019.
The two leaders arrived in their respective presidential jets and descended on the tarmac of an air base, with Trump clapping as Putin appeared.
The United States’ military might was on full display on Friday at Alaska when a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber flanked by US fighter jets thundered across the sky above Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he met President Donald Trump.
