President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak at a joint press conference Friday after their first face-to-face interaction since Trump’s first term.
The two leaders landed in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday afternoon ahead of the highly anticipated meeting about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Trump said earlier Friday that he would not use the meeting as a platform to negotiate for Ukraine and threatened to “walk away” from the conversation if Putin is not willing to make a peace deal that the U.S. finds acceptable.
“I think it’s going to work out very well — and if it doesn’t, I’m going to head back home real fast,” he told Fox News’s Bret Baier aboard Air Force One in an interview that aired on the network’s show “Special Report.”
The comments come days after the president sought to reassure European allies that he would not advocate for a land swap between Russia and Ukraine.
The meeting began around 3 p.m. EDT, and the two leaders are expected to give remarks following the summit.
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