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groundloop

(13,216 posts)
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 03:39 PM Aug 12

Trump will meet Putin one-on-one as part of Friday's summit

Source: CNN



President Donald Trump will meet one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of their summit on Friday in Alaska, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN during the press briefing today.

Trump expects to focus squarely on ending the war in Ukraine, leaving other issues the Kremlin has said could be up for discussion — including normalizing US-Russia ties — for another time.

Why this matters: Trump and Putin have met individually, without aides, previously. In 2017, they met alone during their first encounter at the G20 summit in Hamburg. Then in 2018, they sat one-on-one in Helsinki, Finland, after which Trump sided with Putin over US intelligence agencies on the question of Russian election interference.

Both encounters included translators but not high-ranking aides. After the Germany meeting, Trump reportedly asked his translator for his notes.




Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-news-dc-police-putin-08-12-25#cme8up72y00143b6n4bttousl



And tRump will come out of this meeting looking like a whipped puppy just like in 2017 after Putin put him in his place.
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Trump will meet Putin one-on-one as part of Friday's summit (Original Post) groundloop Aug 12 OP
gawd help us chicoescuela Aug 12 #1
Say goodbye to Alaska LetMyPeopleVote Aug 12 #2
Getting his marching orders from Putin to finish off Americas democracy and becoming the rule under his kimbutgar Aug 12 #3
Putin will eat Dumpty alive and spit him out. rurallib Aug 12 #4
IF they meet. My money's on trump finding an excuse to back out before Friday. lamp_shade Aug 12 #5
Sucker meets his Handler. Martin68 Aug 12 #6
Remember Donny,... LudwigPastorius Aug 12 #7
'Memba this? Helsinki 2018 FakeNoose Aug 12 #8
How will he know he's meeting Putin? Emrys Aug 13 #9
Did he bring his knee pads? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 13 #10

kimbutgar

(25,850 posts)
3. Getting his marching orders from Putin to finish off Americas democracy and becoming the rule under his
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 03:50 PM
Aug 12

Dictatorship.

rurallib

(64,068 posts)
4. Putin will eat Dumpty alive and spit him out.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 04:14 PM
Aug 12

Trump will probably give up California to Putin to solve a little problem he (Trump) has out there.

FakeNoose

(38,326 posts)
8. 'Memba this? Helsinki 2018
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 11:39 PM
Aug 12


Chump and Pootie met in a private room with nobody else present except for a Russian translator ... who was sworn to secrecy.

What's really odd is how Chump - who claims to be 6'3" - looks shorter in this photo than Putin who's about 5'8"....

Emrys

(8,698 posts)
9. How will he know he's meeting Putin?
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 08:17 AM
Aug 13

Putin has numerous doubles - will they fingerprint, or do a DNA test?

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