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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — First came the red carpet, then the warm handshakes, friendly smiles and military planes flying overhead.

Finally, President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin climbed into the back seat of Trump’s presidential limousine, casually chatting like reunited friends as they were whisked away to talks about the future of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who remembers Trump saying he would end the war day 1?

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This has been the longest 2 weeks in history.

[–] dovah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What kind of abrupt ending for the two in the same limo?

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Not the one we were all hoping for.

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

adversarial leader who launched the largest land war in Europe since World War II

You're on a roll, AP, don't forget to leave out the uncomfortable bits.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did they forget to say unprovoked?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

Not even "full scale invasion", just "war"

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago

They both got out of the meeting what they wanted.

Putin got to further erode NATO and the West, while Trump got a distraction from the fact he's a nonce.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This all sounds like Putin slid an envelope across to Trump, and after Trump looked at the pictures inside, Putin asked..."Do we understand each other now, Donald? Good."

And then the meeting was over.

[–] Luouth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Probably a white box just like Maxwell received

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump: Vlad, stop killing Ukrainians.

Vlad: No.

Trump: No body told me this would be hard.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 0 points 1 day ago

He just tells him how pretty he is .

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

That wasn't Putin. They sent a body double.