Meet the Press NOW — August 15

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage, Alaska to discuss a path forward for ending the war in Ukraine. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia and Ukraine Evelyn Farkas, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder and former Special Representative to Ukraine Amb. Kurt Volker join for analysis.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Meet the Press Now.
0:11.3	I am Kristen Welker in Washington.
0:12.9	You've been watching our breaking news coverage of the historic summit between President Trump
0:17.5	and Russian President Vladimir Putin as the two leaders meet for discussions about the path towards ending the war in Ukraine.
0:24.7	Right now, the two leaders are continuing to meet behind closed doors.
0:28.9	But this was the scene just moments ago. Take a look.
0:32.1	It was supposed to be a one-on-one meeting, meeting just President Trump and President Putin.
0:37.2	But you can see here,
0:38.3	Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, there right alongside President Trump.
0:44.2	President Putin also there with top officials. Both leaders ignoring shouted questions largely
0:49.3	from reporters. They are expected to hold an expanded working lunch with their larger delegations before a potential
0:56.1	joint news conference. President Trump has said he plans to call President Zelensky immediately
1:01.3	after this meeting wraps. The Ukrainian president was not invited to this summit. While the two
1:07.3	leaders didn't meet formally one-on-one, they did share a private moment,
1:11.6	President Trump greeting President Putin with some pomp, which included a U.S. military flyover.
1:17.3	The Trump administration rolling out the figurative and literal red carpet for the Russian leader,
1:22.0	flanked by F-22 fighter jets.
1:24.6	The two leaders then got into the beast, that's the president's car, together,
1:28.7	to head over to the meeting location. You could see Putin even laughing there as the two
1:34.5	drove away. In an interview with Fox News on Air Force One on his way to Alaska,
1:39.7	President Trump laid out his expectations even signaling. He could walk away from these talks.
1:47.0	I'd like to see a ceasefire.
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