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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Tomorrow: Trump Meets Putin In Push For Ukraine Deal

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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In less than 24 hours, a major summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place in Alaska. President Trump believes he can deliver a deal in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and says that both sides are ready to make peace. He is also teasing a second meeting which would include Ukraine’s President Zelensky.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:20.9

Welcome to The Lead. I'm Jim Shudo in today for Jake Tapper. We are live from Anchorage, Alaska,

0:26.5

where just about 24 hours from now, the highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump

0:32.6

and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to be underway. This afternoon in the Oval Office,

0:39.3

expressing some optimism, President Trump laid out those expectations for the summit.

0:45.3

I think that President Putin would like to see a deal.

0:50.3

I think if I weren't president, he would take over all of Ukraine.

0:53.3

Tomorrow, all I want to do is set the table for the next meeting, which should happen shortly.

0:59.0

I'd like to see it actually happen maybe in Alaska where we just stay because it's so much

1:03.3

easier. We're going to find out where everybody stands, and I'll know within the first

1:07.7

two minutes, three minutes, four minutes, or five minutes, like we tend

1:11.3

to find out whether or not we're going to have a good meeting or a bad meeting.

1:17.9

Already discussing a second meeting, the president said this potential second meeting between

1:22.9

Putin and Ukrainian President Volodomers Zelensky, along with Trump, could also possibly involve

1:29.5

leaders from Europe. Trump has threatened, quote, very severe consequences if Putin does not

1:35.9

agree to stop the war in Ukraine. We should note that tomorrow's meeting between Trump and

1:41.3

Putin will be one-on-one. During their first two meetings in Trump's first

1:47.0

term, you may remember, even senior officials said they were sometimes left in the dark about what

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