Trump to play host to Putin on home soilpublished at 23:47 British Summer Time
Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent
Now we have a time and a place for the much-anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
While locations like Rome and Hungary had been rumoured, the actual destination – Alaska one week from today – isn’t quite as exotic.
It is, however, US territory, which simplifies security concerns considerably. It also positions Trump as the host to his Russian counterpart on land that the US purchased from Russia more than a century and a half ago.
The last time Alaska took centre stage in an American diplomatic event was in March 2021, when Joe Biden’s newly minted diplomatic and national security team met their Chinese counterparts in Anchorage.
The sit-down turned acrimonious, with the Chinese accusing the Americans of “condescension and hypocrisy”.
Trump, who promised last year that he would quickly end the Ukraine war if he returned to the White House, must be hoping this Alaska sit-down provides better results.
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