Then on Friday, President Trump announced that he would meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a week, on Aug. 15, in Alaska — a state that the Russian Empire sold to the United States for $7.2 million in 1867, when Czar Alexander II was staggering under war debts.
The announcement on social media did not offer any other details. And given that the meeting will not involve Ukraine, chances of any immediate breakthrough are considered slim. Still, a summit would represent a marked change in U.S. policy.
The West has treated Mr. Putin largely as a pariah since he invaded Ukraine in 2022, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and widespread destruction for both countries. The mere fact that an American president is willing to meet with him is considered a diplomatic victory for the Kremlin.
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