What happened when Trump met Putin in Alaska?

Americast

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Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The first face to face meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin since the war in Ukraine started is over, with Donald Trump saying “we didn’t get there” on a Ukraine deal, or a ceasefire. The meeting lasted three hours, with the US president insisting progress was made, and Putin saying he is “sincerely interested” in ending the war, but without giving details. The two leaders both addressed the media at the end of the summit, but didn’t take questions. Sarah was in the room, in Anchorage, Alaska, and was joined by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko from Ukrainecast and Adam Fleming for Newcast.

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Sarah here. We promised you an AmeriCast special as soon as the Alaska summit concluded.
0:06.6	Well, Donald Trump has finished meeting Vladimir Putin. I was there in the room in this US military
0:11.3	base when both the men came out to speak to the media. This was not a press conference.
0:15.3	There were no questions being taken from journalists, just a couple of statements from both of them.
0:20.0	Here's a flavor of what they said.
0:21.7	We had an extremely productive meeting and many points were agreed to. There are just a very few
0:30.1	that are left. Some are not that significant. One is probably the most significant, but we have a
0:36.7	very good chance of getting there. We didn't get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there. We didn't get
0:38.5	there, but we have a very good chance of getting there. I would like to thank President Putin
0:43.1	and his entire team whose faces, who I know in many cases, otherwise, other than that, whose faces
0:50.0	I get to see all the time in the newspapers. You're almost as famous as the boss,
0:55.9	but especially this one right over here.
0:59.7	But we had some good meetings over the years, right?
1:01.9	Good productive meetings over the years.
1:03.7	And we hope to have that in the future.
1:05.9	But let's do the most productive one right now.
1:08.0	We're going to stop really five, six, seven thousand, thousands of people
1:12.8	a week from being killed. And President Putin wants to see that as much as I do. So again, Mr. President,
1:19.5	I'd like to thank you very much. And we'll speak to you very soon and probably see you again very
1:23.7	soon. Thank you very much, Vladimir. Next time in Moscow. Oh, that's an interesting one.
1:31.0	I'll get a little heat on that one, but I can see it possibly happening. Thank you very much,
1:36.8	Vladimir. And thank you all. Thank you. Thank you so much.
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