But, given the pushback he got from the Kremlin, Trump did not have room to promise much more. Last week, after his summit with Putin in Alaska, he had already set aside his main source of leverage over the Russians—the threat of sanctions and tariffs that could weaken Putin’s economy. “We don’t have to think about that right now,” Trump remarked.

Ukraine and its allies were scrambling Sunday to respond to President Donald Trump's apparent shift toward Vladimir Putin's hardline position after their summit in Alaska.

The fallout from Donald Trump’s summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week continues to grow. On Friday, Trump flew to an apparently impromptu meeting with Putin, shaming America by greeting like an honored guest the man who’d ignited the largest war in Europe since Hitler.

Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin at their meeting in Alaska.

First Lady Melania Trump penned a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which was hand-delivered by President Donald Trump in Anchorage on Friday, calling on him to protect “the innocence” of children and “nurture the next generation’s hope” as his war on Ukraine continues.

President Donald Trump shares why first lady Melania Trump felt compelled to write Russian President Vladimir Putin a personal letter to be hand delivered during their meeting in Alaska, urging for the end of the war in Ukraine.