‘Make a deal’: Trump’s blunt message to Zelenskyy after meeting Putin; shifts ‘onus’ on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump (File Photo) US President Donald Trump on Friday, after a nearly three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the onus was now on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to secure a deal and bring the war to a complete end.“Now it’s really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done. And I would […]

‘If Trump were president in 2022, there would be no war’: Putin after Alaska meeting; US President says no deal with Russia over Ukraine conflict

President Donald Trump greets Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. AP/PTI(AP08_16_2025_000011A) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday claimed that he would not have invaded Ukraine if Joe Biden had not been in office, a remark seen as courting Donald Trump, even as US tariff threats persist. “I’d like […]

‘Trump sees Putin as more powerful’: Body language expert on historic handshake; Russian president ‘far from cold’

Trump allowed Putin to place his palm on top during the historic handshake. Body language expert Patty Ann Wood gave her verdict on the historic handshake of President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and said the handshake had warmth but Trump clearly sees Putin as more powerful as he placed his hand palm […]

‘Power move’: Trump pulls Putin, pats his back during handshake; social media decodes how tall Putin is

The jury is out on who won the handshake round — Putin or Trump? President Donald Trump greeted Russian president Vladimir Putin with a handshake that was watched closely by the world and decoded instantly by the social media body language experts as the ‘alpha-male’ power move. As the two leaders shook hands, Trump pulled […]

Trump Putin Meeting Live Updates: Trump, Putin begin marathon talks; media ushered out of room quickly

Trump-Putin Meeting Live Updates: On Friday, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, at 3:30 pm ET (11:30 am local time) in a closely watched summit. Trump said his aim is to bring Putin to the table for talks, not to negotiate an immediate Ukraine peace deal. He […]

Live Updates: Trump Flies to Alaska for High-Stakes Summit With Putin

President Trump plans to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday in Alaska. The focus of their high-stakes summit will be to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022. Mr. Trump has sought to broker peace in a conflict he once boasted he could resolve in […]

‘Putin won’t mess around with me’: Trump ahead of meeting in Alaska; US president says Russia, Ukraine ‘will make peace’

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, won’t “mess around” with him ahead of a summit between the two world leaders in Alaska.The US president will be holding face-to-face talks with Putin at a US military base on Friday to negotiate a potential ceasefire in Ukraine. During a press […]

Russia-US talks: Were tariffs on India a way to get Putin to come to the table? What Trump said

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the secondary tariffs imposed on India may have influenced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to meet him, ahead of their scheduled summit in Alaska on Friday. Trump said the tariffs “probably” played a part in bringing Moscow to the table as he seeks a peace deal in […]

‘Energetic and sincere efforts’: Putin lauds Trump’s push to end Ukraine war; hints at possible nuclear arms deal

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (AP image) Russian President Vladimir Putin applauded the Trump administration’s “energetic” efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine and suggested that Moscow and Washington might reach an agreement on nuclear arms control during their summit in Alaska on Friday.Speaking publicly for the first time since US President Donald Trump announced […]

‘He would say anything…’: Ex-Trump aide’s takedown of John Bolton who declared Putin as the winner

John Bolton really hates Trump, a former aide of Trump said on Bolton’s statements on Trump-Putin Alaska summit. Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney commented on former NSA John Bolton’s opinions regarding tomorrow’s meeting between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and said Bolton would say anything to make President Trump […]