Trump Responds to Summit with Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s final words at the Alaska summit were delivered with a smile, spoken in an uncharacteristic burst of English.
In a summit meeting marked by red carpets, handshakes and military flyovers, President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the United States in a decade and was greeted warmly by President Donald Trump.
Lawmakers retreated to their partisan corners in response to the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, with Republicans praising the president and Democrats arguing he was too cozy with Putin.
Pursuing Peace” — plastered on the wall, President Donald Trump welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a summit in Alaska on Friday whose results remained entirely unclear once it abruptly ended.
Vladimir Putin made a stop en route to Alaska in Magadan, an impoverished region of Russia’s Far East where locals complain of a lack of investment and infrastructure issues that are common across the country.
CNN host Jake Tapper on Friday appeared annoyed while caught on a hot mic during the network’s special, live coverage of President Donald Trump ’s meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Alaska.