Trump, Putin Wrap Up Longest Face-to-Face Talks at Alaska Summit
Trump has downplayed expectations for the summit, claiming that he envisions it as a “feel-out” discussion laying the groundwork for a second more important meeting that could include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Discussions between President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin concluded after more than two-and-a-half hours at their summit in Alaska, marking their longest in-person meeting and offering a sign that by the US leader’s own metric the talks have gone well.
Trump aide Dan Scavino said a three-on-three meeting was still ongoing at 1:25 p.m. Alaska time, more than two hours after reporters were ushered out of the room for the start of the formal discussions. The Kremlin later said the narrow-format talks had finished. Joining the leaders in Friday’s meeting were US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov accompanying Putin.