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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Holly Baxter

Now we know just how useless Trump’s Alaska summit really was ... to everyone but Vladimir Putin

Before President Trump’s tête-à-tête with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, press secretary Karoline Leavitt was already downplaying the stakes.

Wednesday morning, she described the summit as a “listening exercise” — which is, frankly, a relief. After all, when you’re a time-poor autocrat juggling a Monday invasion, a midweek labor camp opening, and a weekend of jailing political opponents, it’s easy to feel unheard.

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