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Trump says ‘great progress’ made during meeting with Putin
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US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP)
US President Donald Trump says he had made “great progress” during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
“There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’ve made some headway,” he tells reporters during a joint press conference after the meeting.
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