President Trump just turned the Ukraine conflict upside down with a bold pivot during a high-stakes meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.
The New York Post reported that in a dramatic three-hour private summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday, Trump ditched his initial push for a mere cease-fire and instead demanded a comprehensive peace deal, setting the stage for intense talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders.
The meeting kicked off with symbolic flair, as Trump escorted Putin down a red carpet with a B-2 bomber and fighter jets roaring overhead—a not-so-subtle flex of American might.
Two hours into the discussion, Trump reportedly threw the cease-fire idea out the window, convinced that a temporary halt would only drag out the war when a final resolution seemed within reach.
“Figuratively, the president sort of threw up his hands,” a source close to the talks revealed, hinting at Trump’s frustration with half-measures. Let’s be real—pausing a fight just to reload isn’t a solution; it’s a delay tactic that benefits no one, especially not the Ukrainian people caught in the crossfire.
Instead, Trump left Anchorage without a truce, banking on the belief that a lasting settlement could be hammered out, and he wasn’t shy about making that clear.
Donetsk Becomes the Deal Breaker
The sticking point? Putin’s insistence on Ukraine ceding the rest of the coal-rich Donetsk region, a historically Russian-speaking area under Moscow-backed rebellion since 2014, and partially controlled by Russia after its claimed annexation in 2022.
“Every issue is an ancillary issue, except Donetsk,” a source familiar with the talks emphasized. If Donetsk is the ball game, as the source claims, then Trump’s playing on a field where Putin’s already stacked the deck with recent battlefield gains, including two villages captured on Saturday.
Zelensky, meanwhile, has pushed back hard against surrendering the northern third of Donetsk, warning it would shatter decade-old defense lines and open the door to more Russian advances.
Adding to the complexity, Zelensky insists any land concessions must go through a national referendum, a procedural hurdle that could stall any deal in its tracks.
Yet, some creative solutions emerged in Alaska—Putin floated the idea of international peacekeepers, even agreeing to UK and French troops along the front lines, while Trump endorsed deploying NATO allies as a de facto security guarantee for Ukraine.
Putin also briefly suggested an “Article 5-plus” setup involving China before settling on Turkey, a Moscow mediator, joining more pro-Kyiv NATO forces—a rare compromise that might just keep the peace talks alive.
European Fears Addressed in Follow-Up Calls
Post-summit, Trump didn’t waste time, hopping on calls with Zelensky and European leaders from Air Force One on Friday night and Saturday morning to gauge support for a full peace deal, even announcing Zelensky’s White House visit for Monday.
Putin’s pledge not to target other Eastern European nations was a key talking point, with a source noting, “He said, ‘I will not attack a European country.’”
While that’s a reassuring soundbite for jittery European allies, conservatives might wonder if words alone can restrain Moscow’s ambitions—history suggests skepticism is warranted.
By Saturday, Trump publicly doubled down on seeking a full resolution rather than a truce, eyeing a potential three-leader summit with Putin and Zelensky, possibly at the White House, to seal the deal once and for all.
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