Trump-Putin Assembly in Alaska: When US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday, each facet of the assembly was exactly deliberate. The backdrop, the stage, the assembly room, each inch was measured, each object was fastidiously inspected. American troopers have been deployed to take care of the preparations, be it the positioning of the ‘Alaska 2025’ board or rolling of the purple carpet for Putin. Nonetheless, these conscious of the latest developments knew that nothing was going to occur as neither facet has any leverage over each-other. For Putin, it was a second of sending a world message that he’s eager on ending the conflict, whereas for Trump, it was one more posturing of peace.
‘Pursuing Peace’
Trump and Putin met and spoke with giant flex backdrops bearing ‘Pursuing Peace’ written throughout them. The ‘Pursuing Peace’ banner was not a message for world peace however for Trump’s ambition for chasing the Nobel Peace prize. One seeing the flex-board ought to learn ‘Pursuing Peace’ as ‘Pursuing Nobel Peace’ after which the summit would robotically begin making a way. How come somebody was anticipating a ceasefire when Trump, hours earlier than the assembly, already introduced that he received’t be negotating for Ukraine. After the assembly, Presidents Trump and Putin stated that they made progress in three hours of talks on Friday, shifting nearer to discovering an finish to the Ukraine Warfare, however didn’t announce a right away ceasefire. Earlier than the summit, Trump maintained that the assembly was a sounding board aimed toward facilitating a direct assembly between Presidents Putin and Zelensky. Trump additionally said that it’s not about ending the Ukraine conflict however about bringing Putin to the negotiation desk. The US President had warned Putin of extreme penalties if no deal is made however after the assembly, he was so chill that he stored shaking fingers with Putin.
“We made some nice progress as we speak… We had a particularly productive assembly and lots of factors have been agreed to.” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/WBTMLcI0Cv
— The White Home (@WhiteHouse) August 15, 2025
For Trump, it was all about one more optics the place he may declare credit score. Trump had promised to finish the Russia-Ukraine conflict on day 1 in his workplace, and it’s been over six months now. The US President has been begging the world leaders to advocate his identify for the Nobel Peace Prize and lots of have obliged. After assembly Putin, Trump once more reiterated his declare of ending 5 wars, whereas not counting the alleged ‘decimation’ of Iranian nuclear websites. It’s Trump who gave house to Pakistani Military Chief Asim Munir to concern a nuclear risk to half of the world from US soil.
Putin Pleases Trump
Russian President Putin, although he refused to comply with a ceasefire on American phrases, dealt with Trump diplomatically by praising the US President. Putin, in entrance of the media, agreed with Trump’s declare that had the latter been in energy in 2022 within the US, the Russia-Ukraine conflict may have been averted. Later, throughout an interview, Trump accepted that he was comfortable to listen to this from Putin that the conflict couldn’t have occurred had he been within the President of the US again then. The day will not be too far when Trump will use this assertion for nominating himself for the Nobel Peace prize.
WOW! Vladimir Putin is making Democrats FURIOUS after saying: “When President Trump says if he was the president again then, there can be no conflict…it could certainly be SO. I can verify that.”pic.twitter.com/sKWmR9l1l9
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 15, 2025
“We had a really productive assembly, and there have been many factors that we agreed on. Couple of massive ones that we’ve not fairly gotten there however we made some headway. There is not any deal till there is a deal, so, I’ll name up NATO in a short time, and I’ll name up the varied individuals which can be applicable. I will ofcourse name President Zelenskyy and inform him about as we speak’s assembly… We made some nice progress as we speak,” stated Trump, who appeared nervous or stunned more often than not throughout the assembly, whereas Putin seemed agency.
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Russia-US To Commerce However Sanctions On India
On the information convention, Putin made the pitch for commerce. “It’s clear that the US and Russian funding and enterprise cooperation has large potential”, Putin stated. He asserted that commerce between the US and Russia had grown 20 per cent beneath Trump, who has threatened to penalise India with a 25 per cent tariff for purchasing oil from Russia.
Had Trump been critical about ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, on the outset, he would have terminated any commerce with Moscow. He didn’t go after China however after India, contemplating it a delicate goal.
Stage For US To Flex Muscular tissues
With 4 F-35s and a B-2 Spirit bomber flying over Putin, it was clear that the summit was nothing however Trump’s optics and a stage for the US to flex its muscle to take care of hegemony. Notably, Putin joined Trump in his motorcade, the automobiles drove previous a number of F-22 fighter jets, a couple of B-2 bombers and several other assault helicopters stations on the runway. There is no such thing as a doubt that Trump is the most important flex however in diplomacy, flexing may harm ego and harm the top consequence. Trump mustn’t overlook that Putin is a seasoned political chief, not like him and strong-arm ways solely weaken his credibility.
Trump simply flew a B-2 stealth bomber over Putin’s head…
Completely unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/2bsnssRv9f
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) August 15, 2025
WOW! That is what President Putin noticed whereas driving with President Trump within the motorcade in Alaska.
Nothing however pure USA army would possibly.
A B-2 flew over his head moments earlier than this.
I’m LOVING it pic.twitter.com/eBuBUR7NO0
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 15, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize
Notably, the deadline for submitting nominations for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize is January 31, 2026, whereas the nominations for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize have already concluded. If Trump will get the peace prize subsequent 12 months, there received’t be any doubt that he pressured his method to the worldwide award, fairly than doing any work to deserve it.