When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin last met in Helsinki in 2018, the idea was to discuss a collapse in US-Russia relations, accusations of elections interference, and the grinding war in east Ukraine, among other topics. By the time he came out of the room, Trump looked enamoured by Putin. Asked at a press conference about the conclusions of the US intelligence community that Russia had interfered in the 2026 US Presidential elections, Trump said: “President Putin says it’s not Russia. I don’t see any reason why it would be.”Now, seven years later, the two leaders are meeting behind closed doors in Alaska to discuss ‘land swapping’. What will happen this time? n18oc_crux
