Donald Trump leaves following a joint press conference with Vladimir Putin at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. JAE C. HONG/AP
The relative silence in the hours following the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Friday, August 15, in Anchorage, Alaska, contrasted with the usual media eagerness of the Republican administration. Aside from an interview given by the US president to Fox News – in which the substance of the discussions was not addressed – it took 48 hours before key officials began, on Sunday, August 17, to share their version of the ongoing negotiations. European diplomats had already leaked many of the details.
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After Anchorage summit, Europeans stand firmly behind Zelensky in the face of Trump
With just hours to go before the meeting between the US president, Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders, the US administration faced an urgent need to counter the narrative that took hold over the weekend: that Trump had been completely swayed by Putin.
