Trump and Putin in Alaska: How a Strange Relationship Took Shape
A look at the intriguing and complicated history between the American and Russian presidents through their six known encounters.
Putin and Trump at the G-20 Summit in Osaka in 2019.
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
The curiously personal relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has taken many bizarre turns from the last time they were alone in a room together without witnesses.
Their first summit meeting in seven years kicks off with the surprising and symbolically significant choice of Alaska as the venue for talks between the US and Russian presidents. As they meet to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s suggestion to hold it in a US state that once belonged to Russia hints at Putin’s sly strategy to appeal directly to Trump’s real-estate instincts and seal a grand bargain cutting others out.