In a summit meeting marked by red carpets, handshakes and military flyovers, President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the United States in a decade and was greeted warmly by President Donald Trump.

One of the documents indicated Trump planned to give the Russian president an “American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.”

European leaders, after getting a debrief on the Alaska summit in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, held a follow-on call among themselves. Alongside leaders of countries including Germany,

Alaska and Crimea remain linked in some ways today, both viewed by some nationalists as historic Russian regions lost by weak leaders – Yeltsin, the first president of independent Russia, is reviled for recognizing Crimea as part of Ukraine after the USSR collapsed.

Vladimir Putin set foot on U.S. soil for the first time in 10 years on Friday—but don’t try telling President Donald Trump that. In the days leading up to the historic summit between the two world leaders,