World leaders watched as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage, Alaska.The summit delivered spectacle — a red carpet welcome, a dramatic handshake, even a limo ride together. But after hours of talks on Ukraine,

Trump has visited Alaska several times as president, pushed for expanded oil, gas and mining permits there, and even got funding for new polar icebreakers, a popular stance in a state he won with 54% of the vote in 2024.

It only makes sense that we’ve met here, because our countries though separated by the ocean are close neighbors,” Putin said in Anchorage.