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'Clearly 1:0 to Putin' — European Officials React to Alaska Summit
The summit ended with no ceasefire or agreements as Trump failed to halt fighting despite pledges to broker peace in the Ukraine conflict, analysts said.
- In Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded the summit on Aug. 15, 2025, without any breakthrough on ending the Ukraine war.
- Amid high expectations, Trump arrived at the Alaska Summit, aiming to demonstrate dealmaking prowess and end the Ukraine war, but left without agreements.
- Contrasting the lavish summit with battlefield realities, Ukraine struggles to hold off Russia's army along an over 600-mile front line.
- European officials on Aug. 16 expressed disappointment, with Wolfgang Ischinger stating 'Putin got his red carpet treatment with Trump, Trump got nothing,' and Lipavsky cautioning against Kremlin propaganda.
- While Trump returned home empty-handed, Lithuania's defense minister Dovile Sakaliene noted that Russia continued to bomb civilians in Ukraine throughout the summit day.
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Russia expert Stefan Meister calls the Alaska summit an "absolute failure"—he says Trump is a poor negotiator and a poor diplomat. For Europe, the meeting is a failure.
But Putin clearly won. The phrase of the former U.S. ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, in front of CNN cameras, sums up quite well the outcome of the Anchorage meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Trump does not seem to have been used much by Putin, as many observers in the United States feared, and in Alaska he has found a way to return to a series of issues that are particularly dear to him. But it is certainly Putin the leader wh…
The American president gets visibility and Putin's recognition, but leaves the summit without a cease-fire: he gains image, but loses substance
Putin gets validation from Alaska summit. What did Trump take home in an empty-handed return?
Despite Trump's erratic outburst against Putin, the Russian president lauded the “friendly tone” of talks, greeted Trump as a “dear neighbour,” and proposed a future meeting “next time in Moscow,” signalling continued engagement
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