Government Papers Found in Hotel Reveal Details of Trump-Putin Summit

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details ...

Posted by Jpw at 06:31 PM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

UPDATE: This exclusive story has been updated to include a response from the White House.

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-- NPR (@npr.org) Aug 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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This is a slovenly Administration, likely because it's commanded by a slob.

Anyone had anything good to say about this "summit" yet that's not pure fanatasy?

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-16 11:30 AM

DUI hires will be the downfall of this country.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-16 03:38 PM

More from the cited article ...

... Jon Michaels, a professor of law at UCLA who lectures about national security, said that the documents found in the printer of the Alaskan hotel reveal a lapse in professional judgement in preparation for a high-stakes meeting.

"It strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration," said Michaels. "You just don't leave things in printers. It's that simple."

The printed papers are the latest example of a series of security breaches by officials of the Trump administration.

Earlier this week, members of a law enforcement group chat that included members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) added a random person to a conversation about an ongoing search for a convicted attempted murderer.

In March, U.S. national security leaders accidentally included a journalist in a group chat about impending military strikes in Yemen. ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-16 07:00 PM

Trump Admin: ~we don't need no stinkin' security~

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-16 07:01 PM

I imagine the real problem was that the sell-out of Ukraine was spelled out and Trump doesn't want to be seen as weak as he "negotiates' (haha!) with Putin!

#5 | Posted by danni at 2025-08-16 08:02 PM

"the documents found in the printer of the Alaskan hotel reveal a lapse in professional judgement"

Not a lapse.

The complete absence of professional judgment.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-17 11:14 AM

Getting rid of all the competent people has consequences.

#7 | Posted by morris at 2025-08-17 11:29 AM

Thanks, Obama.

#8 | Posted by cbob at 2025-08-17 04:31 PM

"Stupid Nobel Peace Prize winner Obama!"

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-17 04:36 PM

They were probably reprints of puzzle pages from Big Boy comics, to give to El Rey Dotardo II for the flight home. That connect the dots games and the crossword puzzle are especially challenging to a man with the intellect of a second grader ...

#10 | Posted by catdog at 2025-08-17 05:10 PM

#11 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-08-17 05:16 PM

Stinky got dog-walked by his excellency Vladimir Putin.

#12 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-17 05:22 PM

#11 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-08-17 05:16 PM

Blase inputin, blase outputin.

#13 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-08-17 08:05 PM

Looks like the packet the press gets. Where's the super secret information?
Maybe it's the menu ...

#14 | Posted by homerj at 2025-08-18 03:33 AM

Looks like the packet the press gets.

Oh, no, much more news than in the retread packages on Epstein that Bondi distributed nearly six months ago.

#15 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-08-18 06:13 AM

Wow, I guess the top secret material was that the salad featured a champagne vinaigrette dressing. I would assume Al Green is shaking his fake cane calling for another impeachment over this.

#16 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-18 12:20 PM

Democrats across the country are cheering for any chance of a peace deal failing. You know, because it would be better for democracy or something.

#17 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-18 12:53 PM

Democrats across the country are cheering for any chance of a peace deal failing.
#17 | Posted by fishpaw

Trump's "peace deal" is Ukrainian Surrender.
Naturally, you want Ukraine to surrender to Putin.
But can you explain why you want Ukraine to surrender to Putin?

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-18 12:55 PM

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