'Openly thirsty for a Nobel Peace Prize': What's Trump's real goal with Putin?

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska in just a few hours - what they're saying about the war in Ukraine. Then, what to make of today’s hot inflation report amid Trump's tariffs. Plus, California Democrats kickstart their fight against the Texas GOP’s redistricting push. Vaughn Hillyard, Sam Stein, Dave Weigel, Brooke Masters, Barry Ritholtz, Igor Novikov, Amb. William Taylor, and Stuart Stevens join The 11th Hour this Thursday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin set to meet in Alaska just hours from now, what both sides are saying about the war in Ukraine ahead of the high-stakes summit.
0:11.1	Then what to make of today's hot inflation report has Trump gets what he wants out of U.S. businesses.
0:17.6	Plus, how Democrats are fighting back against the GOP redistricting push as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:30.9	Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Hul, and it is day 207 of the second Trump administration.
0:42.4	And in just hours from now, Donald Trump will get on a plane to Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
0:44.0	It will be the first time Putin has set foot on U.S. soil in over a decade.
0:48.8	Well, today, the White House announced that the summit will start with a one-on-one meeting
0:52.5	than wider group talks, followed by a
0:54.9	joint press conference. A White House official says the American group will include Marco Rubio and
1:00.2	Steve Whitkoff. Earlier this week, the White House said this would be a listening exercise for the
1:05.7	president. Well, here's what the president had to say about that very thing today. Watch this.
1:12.1	All I want to do is set the table for the next meeting, which should happen shortly.
1:16.5	I'd like to see it happen very quickly, very shortly after this meeting.
1:20.3	We're going to find out where everybody stands.
1:22.8	And I'll know within the first two minutes, three minutes, four minutes or five minutes,
1:27.2	like we tend to
1:28.1	find out whether or not we're going to have a good meeting or a bad meeting. And if it's a
1:32.3	bad meeting, it'll end up very quickly. And if it's a good meeting, we're going to end up getting
1:36.5	peace in the pretty near future. Meanwhile, we are now several days into Trump's takeover of
1:43.2	Washington, D.C. and all 800 National Guard troops that have now been deployed to that city.
1:49.1	Today, the Chief of Washington Police issued an order that will increase the department's cooperation with immigration officials a move that the president praised.
1:58.2	Officers making traffic stops will now be allowed to contact ICE
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