Trump Reportedly Set to Offer Putin Access to Alaska's Resources and Sanctions Relief
Alaska's energy resources could be up for discussion at Friday's meeting between Trump and Putin, according to a report.
-- Newsweek (@newsweek.com) Aug 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin
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... The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president. ...
President Trump has spent the week setting the bar extremely low for his high-stakes U.S.-Russian summit on Friday in Alaska. Hardly anyone expects him to make much progress in halting the fighting between Russia and Ukraine, given how far apart their views of the conflict are.
But those two warring countries do seem to agree on at least one thing. Merely meeting with Mr. Trump is a big win for President Vladimir V. Putin, bringing the Russian leader out of a diplomatic deep freeze and giving him a chance to cajole the American president face to face.
"Putin's visit to the U.S.A. means the total collapse of the whole concept of isolating Russia. Total collapse," Kremlin-controlled television crowed after news of the hastily arranged summit broke last weekend.
For Russia, "this is a breakthrough even if they don't agree on much," said Sergei Mikheyev, a pro-war Russian political scientist who is a mainstay of state television. ...
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