Trump Releases Putin Love Letter After Ceasefire Summit Flop

Source: The Daily Beast

Trump Releases Putin Love Letter After Ceasefire Summit Flop

Emell Derra Adolphus
Sat, August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM EDT
2 min read

President Donald Trump released a garbled mess of a video praising Russian President Vladimir Putin for a “very productive meeting” a day after they failed to reach a ceasefire deal in Ukraine.

In a bootlicking propaganda clip that Trump posted to his Truth Social account Saturday, somber music accompanies snippets of the world leaders’ meet-and-greet in Anchorage, Alaska, including footage of their respective planes arriving, and the two men shaking hands and walking in slow motion, spliced with images of American flags.

The growly voiceover Trump recorded to accompany the video was equally puzzling, beginning, “I would like to thank President Putin and his entire team” before segueing into Trump’s comments at their joint press conference.

At the conference, Trump declared that he and Putin would stop “thousands” of people from being killed, The Guardian reported.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-releases-putin-love-letter-195608328.html

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Related: Putin demands full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as condition for ending Ukraine war – as it happened (The Guardian)