Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin on American soil in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, and it was a total win for Putin and Russia!
Putin was greeted by a “Red Carpet”, and was permitted to drive to the location of the summit in “The Beast” Presidential Car, which is usually only allowed for allied leaders such as Great Britain and France.
But Putin got “royal treatment”, and clearly, has no interest in stopping the war against Ukraine, and not even willing to agree to a cease fire.
Clearly, Trump can easily be flattered, as he was about Putin suggesting that their next summit be in Moscow.
But no agreements were reached about ending the war against Ukraine, and no indication of any substantive agreement on anything.
Trump is not concerned about European security of NATO allies or of Ukraine, and is more concerned about the possibility of winning the Nobel Peace Prize, than saving lives and showing toughness toward Russia.
His inability to show strength and determination are likely to encourage China to make moves toward Taiwan, with the clear understanding that Trump will not do anything to repel such an aggression.
Putin, an international war criminal, gained stature from the meeting, while Trump came across as a very weak excuse for a man, one with no principles except gaining wealth and abusing power over his fellow American countrymen.
The world is less safe as a result of this disaster of a summit, which should never have taken place, as there was no planning or agreements arranged before the meeting, which is the usual nature of a high level summit!
( Once again Putin has made dumbass Trump his “Prison Exercise Yard Bitch!” )
John Bolton says Putin couldn’t have asked for a better set of circumstances going ahead.
https://youtu.be/m-7oJoMYBgk?si=iLY6sVMCbt2XPZA4
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no halt to fighting.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-putin-trump-summit-zelenskyy-63b0072a0b15be7e1b90fb967baad100
Israel Is Quietly in Talks to Relocate Palestinians From Gaza
Libya, South Sudan and Syria are among the countries Israel has spoken to in its effort to move hundreds of thousands from the enclave.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-is-quietly-in-talks-to-relocate-palestinians-from-gaza-90a7ab23?mod=hp_lead_pos7
US military deploying over 4,000 additional troops to waters around Latin America as part of Trump’s counter-cartel mission.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/us-military-deploying-caribbean-latin-america-cartel-mission
Trump’s immigration raids are now before the Supreme Court.
https://www.vox.com/scotus/458245/supreme-court-trump-los-angeles-ice-noem-perdomo
Over 200 events expected across the country today to protest Trump-backed redistricting plans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/16/us/fight-the-trump-takeover-protests
Media Matters wins preliminary injunction against retaliatory FTC investigation.
https://www.mediamatters.org/justice-civil-liberties/media-matters-wins-preliminary-injunction-against-retaliatory-ftc
Trump is Putin’s puppet.
Europe is sending heavy hitters to Washington alongside Ukraine’s president to bolster Kyiv.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/16/trump-putin-meeting-europe-fallout-00512724
Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-gaza-laura-loomer-medical-visas-hospital-1235410184/
Laura Loomer is pure evil.
Democrats Edge Away From Unwavering Support for Israel
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/democrats-edge-away-from-unwavering-support-for-israel.html
Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza as Israelis urge mass protest over war.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/16/israel-palestine-gaza-00512726
Gaza’s Other Crisis—Not Enough Clean Drinking Water
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-drinking-water-crisis-f9b20228?mod=hp_lead_pos5
Trump hiked tariffs on US imports. Now he’s looking at exports – sparking fears of ‘dangerous precedent’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/17/trump-tariffs-imports-exports-ai
‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/new-canada-wildfires-locations
Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington.
https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-washington-west-virginia-trump-crime-3aa338b80442e12559273ff5e526edc3
Spanberger declines CNN debate invite, for probably obvious reasons.
“CNN, for instance, pays Trump water-carrier Scott Jennings a ton of money to keep people from tuning into its weeknight gabfests. Then, its lead anchor is Jake Tapper, who spent months of CNN airtime promoting his book on Joe Biden’s mental decline, without reporting a single segment on the obvious and much more pronounced mental decline of Donald Trump, who is the current president, not the past guy, like Biden. CNN is, basically, Fox News without the viewers, and to the Spanberger side’s point, the Virginia gubernatorial election is a Virginia issue.”
https://augustafreepress.com/news/spanberger-declines-cnn-debate-invite-for-probably-obvious-reasons/
Winsome Earle-Sears “has taken not one but two undisclosed flights on private planes paid for by a top donor”.
https://bluevirginia.us/2025/08/video-winsome-earle-sears-has-taken-not-one-but-two-undisclosed-flights-on-private-planes-paid-for-by-a-top-donor/
CFPB cuts can resume, divided appeals court rules.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/cfpb-cuts-appeals-court