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Plenty of Admiration and No Deal in Sight - Trump's Summit Was a Failure

Trump aims to secure a peace deal to end the Ukraine war and restore US global influence amid skepticism about his diplomatic claims and team’s effectiveness.

  • On Aug. 15, U.S. President Donald Trump met Vladimir Putin in Alaska seeking a war-ending deal amid weakened foreign policy teams.
  • Facing a depleted diplomatic corps, Trump’s advisers lack cohesion as the US National Security Council has been eviscerated and about a quarter of the State Department’s staff have left since January.
  • US officials and foreign policy analysts remain wary of the one-on-one talks, warning that Putin could outmaneuver Trump during Friday's meeting.
  • Following Friday’s meeting, a Republican lawmaker proposed nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, while Democrats criticized him for being too friendly with Putin.
  • Despite tempered hopes, President Trump now calls the Alaska summit a `feel out` meeting and says there is a 25 per cent chance it may not succeed.
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“Disaster” is the first word Washington-based economist and Russia expert Anders Åslund chooses to describe Trump and Putin’s summit in Alaska. This week, the professor got into an open war of words with Vice President JD Vance when he predicted the outcome. “I am very relieved,” says Åslund about the meeting, which he feared could end with major concessions for Ukraine.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Trump has fallen into the trap of Putin, but the gala reception in Alaska also sends a message to other war drivers that is disastrous for the peace-loving world.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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The Federal Government has responded to the summit of Presidents Trump and Putin waiting. Chancellor Friedrich Merz was constantly informed about the events in Anchorage, it was said from government circles. Reporter Marco Reinke reports.

·Dortmund, Germany
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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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