Putin Envoy Suggests Elon Musk Could Build a Russia-Alaska Tunnel

Oct 19, 2025 | “It’s his job to dangle really tantalising business proposals in front of Trump.”

A Putin envoy proposed involving Elon Musk’s Boring Company in a far-fetched plan for a Russia-Alaska tunnel: a play for postwar US business, says former Moscow Times journalist Charles Hecker.

Bericht: Treffen mit Trump ermutigte Putin, Angriffe auf Ukraine zu verschärfen

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Kremlnahe Quellen sollen Bloomberg über Putins Erkenntnisse aus dem Alaska-Gipfel informiert haben. Offenbar geht Putin nicht davon aus, dass die USA eingreifen würden.

Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin ist nach seinem Treffen mit US-Präsident Donald Trump einem Medienbericht zufolge zu dem Schluss gekommen, die Angriffe auf die Ukraine auszuweiten. Eine Eskalation sei seiner Einschätzung nach der beste Weg, um die Ukraine zu Friedensgesprächen zu seinen Bedingungen zu zwingen. Das sagten kremlnahe Quellen offenbar gegenüber dem Nachrichtenportal Bloomberg.

In dem Bericht hieß es weiter, Putin gehe davon aus, dass Trump wahrscheinlich nicht viel unternehmen werde, um die Verteidigung der Ukraine zu stärken. Die US-russischen Gespräche in Anchorage im US-Bundesstaat Alaska am 15. August hätten den Kremlchef davon überzeugt, dass Trump nicht an einem Eingreifen in den Krieg interessiert sei. » | Sophie Barkey | Sonntag, 21 September 2025

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Trump’s Press Conference with Putin: “You Stood There Like a a Little Wet Noodle!"

This is Schwarenegger’s reaction.

2025 or 1938? Vladimir Kara-Murza Warns Trump Repeating Pre-WWII Mistakes by Appeasing Putin

Aug 17, 2025 | Viewers of Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska this week would be reasonable to wonder whether they had traveled back to 1938, says Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza. "If there is one clear lesson from history, it is that you cannot achieve peace by appeasing an aggressor," Kara-Murza says. Trump "has relinquished the title of the leader of the free world” and that “this collective leadership is now being passed to Europe."

Trump Intervention: Europe's Leaders Rush to Wake the President from 'Drunk Alaskan Affair'

Aug 18, 2025 | "I think it’s an intervention." European leaders rushed to the Oval Office to an have "intervention", attempting to convince Trump that a ceasefire should come first, says The New York Times chief diplomatic correspondent, Steven Erlanger.

Trump 'Blinked' Again in a Chaotic Meeting with Putin

Aug 16, 2025 | "Trump claims it was 10/10, with him being naïve."

Trump should have imposed "harmful" secondary sanctions, but he has "blinked", says former British Army captain and former Foreign and Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood."


Trump is incompetent and self-serving. He is also a political greenhorn. And it shows! — © Mark Alexander

Why Trump's Alaska Meeting Could Lead Putin to War with NATO

Aug 16, 2025 | The failure of Trump's Alaska summit to secure a ceasefire could lead Putin to war with Europe warns Dr Yuri Felshtinsky, Russia-America historian and author of Blowing up Russia with Alexander Litvinenko and Blowing up Ukraine.

Putin-Trump Meeting: A Big Win for Putin? | DW News

Aug 16, 2025 | The White House says President Trump has had a long phone call with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a meeting between Trump and Putin failed to produce a deal to end the Ukraine war. Trump had threatened Russia before the meeting with 'severe consequences' if a ceasefire wasn't reached. But after an apparently friendly meeting between Trump and Putin, the US leader said he doesn't have to think about punishing Moscow now.

Trump Is ‘Humiliated’: Sir Bill Browder Reacts to 'Weak' Meeting with Putin

Aug 16, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale for an in depth analysis of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s “humiliating” meeting where the US President left Alaska without a ceasefire, commitment to slap Russia with further sanctions or a peace deal being made.

Munz ordnet Alaska-Treffen ein: "Putin will neue Ära einleiten - Trump auch"

Aug 16, 2025 | Der Alaska-Gipfel mündet nicht in dem erhofften Ukraine-Deal. Nicht verwunderlich, findet Rainer Munz. Denn bei dem Treffen sei es vor allem um die russisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen gegangen. Laut dem ntv Russland-Korrespondenten wird Trumps Gegenbesuch "mit Sicherheit stattfinden".

Sommet Poutine-Trump : les temps forts de la conférence de presse

Aug 16, 2025 | Le président américain a parlé d’une réunion « très productive », et le dirigeant russe, d’un entretien « constructif », sans annoncer d’accord ou de méthode pour la suite des négociations.

Timothy Snyder: Trump Has Made Ukraine War 'Longer and Worse'

Aug 16, 2025 | Timothy Snyder joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, where Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met face-to-face for the first time since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began. Snyder says, “inviting an indicted war criminal inside your military base and in your personal limousine is not a signal you want the war to end.”

«Écœurant», «tapis rouge», «déférence» : aux États-Unis et en Ukraine, la presse accorde la victoire à Vladimir Poutine après son sommet avec Donald Trump

LE FIGARO : REVUE DE PRESSE - Le président russe est sorti de son isolement international tandis que le locataire de la Maison-Blanche n’a pu esquisser l’ombre d’un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre en Ukraine. » | Par Victor Mérat | samedi 16 août 2025

Trump Emerges from Putin Meeting Empty-handed with No Deal Agreed for a Ceasefire in Ukraine.

Aug 16, 2025 | Despite meeting for three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage Alaska, Donald Trump emerged without announcing any agreements and with little to share publicly. Known for using international platforms to his advantage, Trump was notably restrained, offering almost no specifics when standing alongside Putin at the summit’s conclusion.

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Trump und Putin treffen sich in Alaska – das Gipfeltreffen im Überblick

Aug 16, 2025 | Am Freitagabend trafen sich der amerikanische Präsident Donald Trump und der Kremlchef Wladimir Putin zu Gesprächen in Alaska. Im Zentrum des Treffens stand die Frage, wie der seit dreieinhalb Jahren andauernde Krieg in der Ukraine beendet werden kann.

“I’m Embarrassed for My Country” | David Cay Johnston Slams Trump-Putin Summit after No Deal

Aug 16, 2025 | Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Trump biographer David Cay Johnston gives his immediate reaction to the Trump-Putin summit saying that more detail will come out, but that it appears the US President has 'sold out Ukraine.'

Trump and Putin Put on a Show of Friendship but Come Away Without a Deal

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump gave President Vladimir Putin a warm public reception, effectively ending his diplomatic isolation over the past three years for his invasion of Ukraine. But Mr. Putin did not agree to stop the war.

President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia reached no agreement to end the war in Ukraine at a high-profile summit meeting on Friday, although they reported making unspecified progress during a strikingly convivial reunion on American soil.

While Mr. Trump had hoped to seal a deal for an immediate cease-fire, he acknowledged that the two leaders fell short, at least for now. “We haven’t quite got there, but we’ve made some headway,” he told reporters after hours of meetings on a U.S. military base in Alaska. “There’s no deal until there’s a deal.”

But if the substance remained unsettled, the atmospherics were extraordinary. The president rolled out a literal red carpet and even applauded as he welcomed Mr. Putin, who is under U.S. sanctions and faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes. The two laughed and spoke warmly with each other, and Mr. Trump even invited Mr. Putin to ride with him in the armored presidential limousine to their meeting.

At their subsequent joint appearance at side-by-side lecterns at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, they heaped praise on one another. “We really made some great progress today,” Mr. Trump said. “I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with President Putin, with Vladimir.”

Mr. Putin referred to Mr. Trump as a “dear neighbor” with whom he can do business. “President Trump and I have established a very good, businesslike and trustworthy contact,” he said in Russian.

The Russian president even suggested that Mr. Trump visit him in the Russian capital. “Next time in Moscow,” he said, breaking into English. » | Peter Baker and Katie Rogers | Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent, has covered U.S.-Russian summit meetings since 1998. Katie Rogers, a White House correspondent, traveled with President Trump on Air Force One to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. | Friday, August 15, 2025

Trump Welcomes Putin to Alaska Like an Old Pal

Aug 15, 2025 | The way Trump greeted Putin in Alaska was genuinely stomach turning. In this very quick video I explain why this heavily trailed summit is already off to a terrible start.

How the Trump-Putin Summit Signals a Return to Imperial Thinking

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The two leaders are bringing some old-world approaches to bear on a 21st-century conflict.

When President Trump chose Alaska for Friday’s summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to discuss the war in Ukraine, his supporters suggested that the location offered a nod to savvy deal making. The United States had purchased the territory from Russia in 1867 for about 2 cents an acre.

But with Ukraine being excluded — as was the case for Indigenous Alaskans when their land was transferred — the summit has already revived discussion of what some scholars say Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump seem in some ways to share: an imperial mind-set.

The term was first popularized by Gerard Libaridian, an Armenian-American historian, who used it in a 2014 speech in England to refer to former empires like Iran, Turkey and Russia, as they sought to influence post-Soviet states they had once controlled. In his view, it describes an approach that lingers in many a national psyche, fusing a simplistic nostalgia for greatness to strong beliefs about the right to keep dominating smaller nations and neighbors.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the idea has gained momentum, usually in reference to Putin’s Russia. And Mr. Trump’s assertive second term — with his threats to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal, make Canada the 51st state and send American troops into Mexico — has spurred new accusations from historians and world leaders that his demands for deference reflect an imperial mentality. » | Damien Cave | Damien Cave is based in Vietnam and has reported for The Times from more than 20 countries | Friday, August 15, 2025

Alaska Rises against Trump and Putin: Pro-Ukraine Protests across the State

Aug 15, 2025 | "Just 6% of Alaskans say they have a positive view of Putin."

There are "widescale" protests across Alaska ahead of the President's meeting with Putin, which coincides with a growing dislike of Trump, says James Brooks, a reporter for the Alaska Beacon.