Trump news at a glance: Trump claims ‘great progress’ in Putin talks, DC police takeover scaled back
by Guardian staff from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZBT6)
US president leaves more questions than answers after summit on ending Ukraine war with Vladimir Putin; White House agrees to scale back takeover of DC police department - key US politics stories from 15 August 2025
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lavished praise on each other but offered no details of their nearly three-hour meeting in Alaska on Friday, with the US president saying great progress" but no deal had been made on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
There's no deal until there's a deal. I will call up Nato ... I'll of course call up [Ukraine's] President Zelenskyy and tell him about today's meeting," he said.
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