AP Spotlight Trump rolls out the red carpet for Putin, giving way to a muted final appearance JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press Aug 16, 2025 Aug 16, 2025 Updated Feb 19, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — First came the red carpet, then the warm handshakes, friendly smiles and military planes flying overhead.kAmu:?2==J[ !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A 2?5 #FDD:2? =6256C '=25:>:C !FE:? 4=:>365 :?E@ E96 324< D62E @7 %CF>AVD AC6D:56?E:2= =:>@FD:?6[ 42DF2==J 492EE:?8 =:<6 C6F?:E65 7C:6?5D 2D E96J H6C6 H9:D<65 2H2J E@ E2=<D 23@FE E96 7FEFC6 @7 E96 #FDD:2\&<C2:?6 H2C]k^AmkAmxE H2D 2 8C66E:?8 7:E 7@C E96 4=@D6DE &]$] 2==:6D] x?DE625 :E H2D C@==65 @FE 7@C 2? 25G6CD2C:2= =6256C H9@ =2F?4965 E96 =2C86DE =2?5 H2C :? tFC@A6 D:?46 (@C=5 (2C xx 2?5 :D D66? 2D @?6 @7 p>6C:42VD >@DE G6I:?8 7@6D]k^Am kAmw@FCD =2E6C[ 9@H6G6C[ E96:C :?E6C24E:@?D D66>65 >@C6 >FE65 27E6C E96J 6>6C865 7C@> E2=<D]k^Am People are also reading… A timeline of assassination attempts and threats against Trump Former Cyclone Addy Brown commits to reigning NCAA Champs Watch: New Iowa running backs coach explains why he rejoined Hawkeyes Pope Leo signals shift away from Catholic Church's focus on sex 8 children killed at home in Louisiana domestic violence, police say Grinnell's Will Slagle recommits to Iowa State, recruiting win for Jimmy Rogers Daughter of 10-year MLB vet, Brianna Johnson a 'gem' who delivers for Hawkeyes again and again Report: Iowa State fan-favorite Cade Kelderman enters transfer portal What Jay Norvell said makes Iowa special and why he wanted to be a Hawkeye again NBC's Mike Tomlin reveals why he left Steelers, thoughts on Aaron Rodgers Inside Ukraine's drive to defeat the dreaded Shahed drone Trump administration rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead Bringing a smartphone to a bank robbery? 4th Amendment issue hits Supreme Court US court blocks mail-order access to abortion drug, for now Trumps tell ABC to 'take a stand' on Kimmel after 'hateful' joke kAm%CF>A 2?5 !FE:? 2AA62C65 3C:67=J 2E H92E H2D 3:==65 2D 2 ;@:?E ?6HD 4@?76C6?46 — E9@F89 ?6:E96C E@@< BF6DE:@?D] %96J @776C65 86?6C2=:E:6D 23@FE 2? 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News No deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine after Trump rolls out red carpet for Putin MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
Ukrainians feel betrayed after Trump greets Putin with a red carpet On Ukrainian social media, memes of Putin and Trump walking down a red carpet strewn with dead Ukrainian bodies were widely shared.
