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U.S. President Donald Trump said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday in Alaska to discuss bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has not yet confirmed the details.

The meeting would be the first U.S.-Russia summit since 2021, when former President Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva.

It could mean a breakthrough in Trump’s effort to end the war, although there’s no guarantee it would stop the fighting since Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on their conditions for peace.

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[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Some country they forgot to include?

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 7 points 5 days ago

They're both the type of person that automatically assume the world ows it to them to do whatever they ask of it. It doesn't even occur to them they should ask someone else, least of all the prey they're about to divide between them.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Long delayed performance review.

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A child rapist meets a mass killer.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

You know what's crazy? I'm not too sure I know which is which.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

He probably sells Alaska back to Russia, because Putin is a former KGB and Trump is a really simple narcissist moron.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 18 points 5 days ago

Ah yes, just an agent meeting with his handler.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That'd be a true shame if both of them just sort of blew up when they met. The world would be sooo much worse off

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Look, if he wanted to end the war, he could arrest Putin the moment he lands, and extradite him to the international criminal court. War would probably end real fast. He won't do that. Didn't do that with Naziyahoo, I don't think he will here. I'd love to be surprised.

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Fun to think about, but you don’t think Russia has a contingency for such a thing that might involve lobbing some nukes over at us

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Alaska, the place Putin and co signed a decree to investigate whether or not they could make a claim that Alaska was still part of Russia. And Trump thinks Putin is going to fly to Alaska on the assurance that enough of them voted for the felon who likes Putin to not kill him.

That'd be the quickest way to end their invasion. Someone shoots Putin while visiting the U.S. and suddenly their government goes scrambling to fill the vacuum while trying to figure out how not to look weak for not attacking the U.S.

Easiest solution would be for whoever took over there to say the war in Ukraine was Putin's stupid war and a detriment to Russia and they were better off now that he was dead. Say they will leave to the borders that existed in 2022 with no reperations needed to be paid knowing it would save them having to waste resources trying to hold those lands for decades to come.

Ukraine would probably sign that treaty as well. Hell Trump could sell it as he meant for Putin to get killed and ask for his peace prize. Or if Trump was smart he'd have signed off on the military killing him when the plane landed here.

[–] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

I bet Puttin will come prepred with a giant folder of evidences against Trump.