President Trump announced moments ago on his Truth Social network that his much-anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place next Friday in the state of Alaska.
This will be the first meeting between the two world leaders in the past six years and comes after Trump has become increasingly frustrated by Putin's lack of willingness to agree to a ceasefire and discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
The U.S. president had even threatened devastating economic sanctions for the Russian economy if Putin did not sit down to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine. Coincidentally, Trump had indicated that the new sanctions would go into effect today, Friday, August 9, if he did not observe a change in attitude from the Russian side.
