This afternoon, President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. For the better part of a week, the White House has been tempering expectations — with the latest chatter being that this will all be the prelude to a second meeting with Putin at which real progress could be made on a ceasefire agreement in Russia’s war on Ukraine. So what would success look like today? And what is each side’s strategy going in? Playbook’s Adam Wren and POLITICO White House and foreign affairs correspondent Eli Stokols walk you through what you need to know. ----------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video Follow POLITICO here: ➤ X: https://x.com/politico/ ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
The Trump-Putin summit, CA gerrymandering & the DC sandwich thrower
This afternoon, President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. For the better part of a week, the White House has been tempering expectations — with the latest chatter being that this will all be the prelude to a second meeting with Putin at which real progress could be made on a ceasefire agreement in Russia’s war on Ukraine. So what would success look like today? And what is each side’s strategy going in? Playbook’s Adam Wren and POLITICO White House and foreign affairs correspondent Eli Stokols walk you through what you need to know. ----------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video Follow POLITICO here: ➤ X: https://x.com/politico/ ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
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