August 16, 2025.

Yesterday, military personnel from the United States of America literally rolled out a red carpet

for a dictator who invaded a sovereign country and is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, including the stealing of children.

Apparently, coached by his team, Trump stood to let Russia's President Vladimir Putin walk toward him after Putin arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska,

putting Trump in a dominant position.

But he clapped as Putin walked toward him.

The two men greeted each other warmly.

This summit between the President of the United States and the President of Russia came together

fast in the midst of the outcry in the U.S.

over Trump's inclusion in the Epstein files and the administration's refusal to release those files.

U.S. Envoy Steve Whitkov had been visiting Moscow for months to talk about a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine when he heard

through a back channel that Putin might be willing to talk to Trump in person to offer a deal.

On August 6, after a meeting in Moscow, Whitkoff announced that Russia was ready to retreat

from some of the land it occupies in Ukraine. This apparent concession came just two days before the August 8th deadline

Trump had set for severe sanctions against Russia, unless it agreed to a ceasefire.

Quickly, though, it became clear that Whitkoff's description of Putin's offer was wrong, either because

Putin had misled him or because he had misunderstood.

Whitkoff does not speak Russian, and according to former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael

McFal, does not use a note taker from the U.S. Embassy.

Nonetheless, on Friday, August 8th,

Trump announced on social media

that he would meet personally with Putin in Alaska

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