Posted on 08/14/2025 6:03:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised President Donald Trump for his efforts to broker an end to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, as preparations continued for the Friday summit between the American and Russian leaders in Alaska.
The Trump administration "is making quite an energetic and sincere effort, in my opinion, to stop hostilities, to stop the crisis and to reach an agreement that is of interest to all those involved in this conflict," Putin said during a meeting of his top officials to prepare for the Alaska summit, according to a readout published by the Kremlin.
The process could "create long-term conditions of peace both between our countries and in Europe and in the world as a whole, if we reach an agreement on the area of control over strategic offensive weapons by the next stage," Putin added.
Putin's remarks came after Trump on Wednesday warned of "very severe consequences" for Russia if Moscow failed to a ceasefire. Trump did not elaborate on what those consequences would be. When asked if they would include sanctions or tariffs, Trump only said he didn't have to say.
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God bless Russia and America.
Some other thread claims 47 will give more rewards to Putin by allowing Russia access to Alaskan resources. Hope its fake as it makes no sense. Russia has depended on Western tech for most everything. And Russian companies are mafia enterprises.
See, Putin’s not such a bad guy. Maybe a dual Nobel Peace Prize on the horizon.
Trump doesn’t bluff
Maybe Trump is promising to put Alaskan oil onto the market if Putin doesn’t want to play along. I can see how the leftist media would spin that into Trump giving Putin access to Alaskan resources. LOL
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