Putin, Trump and Alaska
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The Alaska summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders showcased their mutual animosity for the former president.
One key party not be in attendance Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump said after his meeting with the Russian president that he would call Zelenskyy and update him on the talks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin got everything he could have hoped for in Alaska. President Donald Trump got very little — judging by his own pre-summit metrics.
The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.
Two B-2 bombers were flown into Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ahead of Friday's summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to two officials.The stealth bombers are the same kind used by the U.