Trump and Putin share handshake in Alaska, a warm greeting belying the bloodshed in Ukraine

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT
Updated 4:46 PM CDT, August 15, 2025

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday with a handshake, a smile and a ride in the presidential limousine before talks aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine, an unusually warm reception for a U.S. adversary responsible for launching the largest land war in Europe since 1945.

Trump and Putin gripped hands for an extended period of time on a red carpet rolled out at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. As they chatted, Putin grinned and pointed skyward, where B-2s and F-22s — military aircraft designed to oppose Russia during the Cold War — flew overhead.

Reporters nearby yelled, “President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?” and Russia’s leader put his hand up to his ear as though to indicate he couldn’t hear them. Trump and Putin then shared the U.S. presidential limo known as “The Beast” for a short ride to their meeting site, with Putin offering a broad smile as the vehicle rolled past the cameras.

It was the kind of reception typically reserved for close U.S. allies and belied the bloodshed and suffering in the war Putin started in Ukraine. Although not altogether surprising considering their longtime friendly relationship, such outward friendliness before hours of closed-door meetings is likely to raise concerns from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, who fear that Trump is primarily focusing on furthering U.S. interests and not pressing hard enough for Ukraine’s.



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[kysrsoze]

1. Scumbags of a feather...

[Hassler]

2. If Vlad brought him a cheap, gaudy, gold-plated doodad

Lumpy might give him Alaska. He wants to do it.

[EarthFirst]

3. "Remember; Chump...I own you." nt

[J_William_Ryan]

4. A victory for Putin, a defeat for Trump.

And no, Putin the war criminal isn't going to stop killing civilians.

Trump, forever Putin’s useful idiot.

[Kali]

5. '...fear that Trump is primarily focusing on furthering U.S. interests..."

Even that would at least be "normsl" but his only focus is HIS OWN interests.

[msongs]

6. viscious schemer vs dumb as a box of rocks. both cashing in from ukraine's misery nt

[PSPS]

7. Putin, isolated and an international pariah, gets a "warm greeting" from another isolated international pariah

This was a huge win for putin because it paints russia as being back to a "superpower" status on the world stage. This is how putin is greeted in other "great countries" like North Korea and Hungary. Since he has an arrest warrant on his head, putin can't really go many places ... except those countries and, now, the US.

[Justice matters.]

8. A terrorist wearing a tie who targets and kills civilians for political gain

meets a pedophile who covers up his appearances in the Epstein files and who should be in jail for 34 felonies.

Quite a stunning spectacle...

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Just imagine how much of a better place the world would have been if...

a meteor had struck that particular spot at that particular moment.

[Bengus81]

10. Kissing ass on Putin while going forward to kick 200K Ukrainian refugees out of the US

What did your fucking parents do to you when young Trump? You are one sick,sick FUCK.