It happened at the edge of 11.00 in the morning Downnine at night in Spain. He Air Force One that transported the US president Donald Trump landed at the base Elmendorf-Richardson half an hour before the Iliushin Il-96 presidential that brought his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin from the neighboring country and that had been escorted in the last stretch of the flight by Two US f-35 fighters. Already on the slopes, both leaders shaken their hands, got on a podium chaired by the letters Alaska 2025 and exchanged words and even smiles, in an obvious atmosphere of complicity, before both leaders were introduced into the presidential limousine, nicknamed ‘The Beast’. Even the New York tycoon could be seen applauding to his guest at the time he approached him.
Trump had warned that it would take “Two minutes” In understanding if his interlocutor did not come with genuine intentions to reach an agreement. And even threatened to leave the summit if it happened. According to what has been seen in the first minutes of this summit, such a possibility has been completely discarded. The gesture of travel together In the same vehicle on the stage of conversations, unusual among the leaders of two powers Supposedly rival, neutralizes some of the last minute decisions taken by both delegations. Shortly before the summit began, it was announced that both presidents would not hold the bilateral meeting alone, and that Trump would be accompanied by his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and by Steven Witkoff. “The alone meeting is taking place before our own eyes,” exclaimed a CNN journalist surprised.
Seven hours of summit
The summit will last between SIX AND SEVEN HOURS. In addition to the bilateral meeting, an encounter between the delegations of both countries will be held, in a work lunch format, to end the meeting with a joint press conference, although Trump has not ruled out that he appears before the Solo reporters If the meeting has not followed the course I expected. Putin brings with it a large representation of his economic team, including the Minister of Finance, Anatoli Siluanov and to the president of the Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev. Trump is accompanied by his Secretaries of Commerce and Treasury, Howard Lutnick and Scott Besent. Many observers have warned that Kremlin will try to move away the focus of the conversations of the Ukraine War, and focus on the prospects for economic cooperation between the two countries.
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