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The significance of Trump and Putin's future summit
ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl discusses what's at stake and the significance of the summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Newsweek
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Ukraine Reacts to Reports Trump May Invite Zelensky to Alaska Talks
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A senior Ukrainian official said it would be "the right thing to do" for U.S. President Donald Trump to invite Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky to next week's planned Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging that no talks on ending the war take place without Kyiv at the table. Oleksandr Merezhko, chair of Ukraine's parliamentary foreign affairs committee, told Newsweek on Sunday that bringing Zelensky into the discussions would align with the principle of "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine." His comments followed U.S. media reports that the White House is considering adding the Ukrainian leader to the meeting set for Friday, August 15, the first in-person talks between Trump and Putin since 2019. The White House is weighing up inviting Zelensky, NBC News reported late on Saturday, citing a senior administration official and three people briefed on the discussions. It is "absolutely" a possibility, and "everyone is hopeful that it would happen," the official told the outlet. Newsweek could not independently verify the report and has emailed the White House for comment. A White House official said in a statement to NBC: "The President remains open to a trilateral summit with both leaders. Right now, the White House is focusing on planning the bilateral meeting requested by President Putin." President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. AP Photo/Ben Curtis The U.K., France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued a joint statement on Sunday reinforcing Kyiv's stance. "The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine," the statement read. "We remain committed to the principle that international borders must not be changed by force." Trump announced the meeting with Putin on Friday, calling it "highly anticipated." Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed the meeting, saying on Saturday that the White House and the Kremlin would be "working vigorously hard" on the summit's agenda in the next few days. The U.S. is separated from Russia by roughly 55 miles across the Bering Strait. "It does make sense if our delegation simply crosses the Bering Strait and if such an important and expected meeting between the two leaders takes place specifically in Alaska," Ushakov said. "The presidents will undoubtedly focus on discussing ways to reach a sustainable settlement to the Ukraine crisis," Ushakov added. Trump has swung from flattering the Russian leader to overtly criticizing Putin as the Kremlin held off on inking a ceasefire deal pushed by the U.S. Trump said on Friday there would be "some swapping of territories to the betterment of both." "It's not clear what exactly Trump means," Merezhko said. "If he means swapping Ukrainian territories between Russia, the aggressor, and Ukraine, the victim of the Russian aggression, then it looks like appeasement of [the] aggressor." "It is not feasible and demonstrates Trump's misunderstanding of the essence of this war and his desire to chase superficial applause," said Oleg Dunda, a Ukrainian MP and also a member of Zelensky's party. Zelensky said on Saturday "the answer to the Ukrainian territorial question already is in the Constitution of Ukraine." "No one will deviate from this – and no one will be able to," Zelensky said in a post to messaging app Telegram. "Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier." Russia currently controls about a fifth of Ukrainian territory, concentrated in the east of the country and much of it captured since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022. The Kremlin said in fall 2022 it had annexed the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions —collectively known as the Donbas, Ukraine's industrial heartland —and the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. Russia does not control all the territory in these regions, also referred to as oblasts. Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula, to the south of mainland Ukraine, in 2014. Russia's control over any Ukrainian region is not currently internationally recognized. Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Putin earlier this week for what Trump described as a "highly productive" meeting with the Kremlin chief. Putin proposed a ceasefire deal to Witkoff that demanded major concessions on territory in the east, particularly Donetsk, from Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing European and Ukrainian officials. Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions. European leaders offered a "counterproposal" after Putin's meeting with Witkoff, which rejected the idea that Ukraine would cede territory it still holds in Donetsk, WSJ reported. The Kremlin has so far refused to agree to a ceasefire, and denied Kyiv's repeated requests for a face-to-face meeting between Zelensky and Putin. "I don't think that Putin would refuse to attend the summit if Zelensky joins," Merezhko said. "Trump could meet first in Alaska with Putin and the next day with Putin and Zelensky." But the optimism for concrete results from the Alaska meeting seems muted in Kyiv. "I doubt that there will be substantial progress," Merezhko said. "Nothing has changed," said Dunda. Ushakov said Russia had already invited Trump to Russian territory for the "next meeting" between the two presidents.
Forbes
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Trump Media Awarded CEO Devin Nunes $5.9 Million in Stock, Despite $20 Million Loss
Trump Media, which lost $20 million last quarter while expanding into new products, including crypto, awarded CEO Devin Nunes $5.9 million in stock on Wednesday, with the shares set to vest over three years, according to an SEC filing. President Donald Trump talks with Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes at the Republican National Convention in July 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT)—the parent company of Truth Social and the Truth+ streaming platform and holder of about $2 billion worth of bitcoin—awarded Nunes 348,000 restricted stock units on Wednesday under its 2024 equity incentive plan. The stock will vest in equal annual installments through May 2028, contingent on Nunes remaining with the company. Based on Friday's closing price of $17, Nunes' new stock is worth about $5.9 million, bringing the value of his total stake in Trump Media—1.4 million shares and restricted stock units—to approximately $24.4 million. Last week, Trump Media disclosed a second-quarter net loss of $20 million on $883,300 in revenue—about what a mall-based Chick-fil-A typically brings in—though the company highlighted recent achievements including holding $3.1 billion in financial assets (mostly bitcoin it purchased with the proceeds of a private placement), launching a subscription service for Truth+ and filing registration statements with the SEC to launch a crypto-focused ETF. The company also issued 142,000 restricted stock units each—worth $2.4 million—to CFO Phillip Juhan, CTO Vladimir Novachki and General Counsel Scott Glabe. Company spokesperson Shannon Devine declined to specify what criteria Nunes met to receive the restricted stock units, but touted the firm's 'uncancellable social media platform,' bitcoin holdings and first quarter of positive operating cash flow. The company didn't say, and its SEC filings and press releases do not appear to offer a clear rationale. Under Trump Media's 2024 equity incentive plan, a board committee has broad discretion to grant bonuses based on 33 possible criteria, including financial performance, stock price targets and corporate transactions. Key Background Before joining Trump Media, Nunes was a 10-term Republican congressman and chair of the House Intelligence Committee from rural California, earning $174,000 annually. Trump tapped him to be CEO and a director of the company in December 2021. While his business experience appears to be limited to his family's dairy farm, Trump Media pitched Nunes to investors as a leader with 'familiarity with public scrutiny and media savvy.' In recent months, the company has launched an iPad app for Truth Social, entered public beta for an AI search engine, raised $2.3 billion from a private placement to fund a bitcoin treasury, filed to launch a crypto ETF and rolled out its Truth+ streaming platform globally. $47 million: That's the total compensation Trump Media awarded to Nunes in 2024—including salary, bonuses and stock—though much of the equity won't vest until 2027. News Peg On Monday, a new special-purpose acquisition company—New America Acquisition I Corp., which is targeting firms with a role in domestic manufacturing—named Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to its advisory board. According to SEC filings, Don Jr. received 2 million founder shares in the company, while Eric received 3 million. Trump Media, where Don Jr. serves on the board and acts as trustee for his father's 115 million shares, also went public via a SPAC—a merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp. that took 29 months to consummate. Separately, Nunes and Eric Swider, another Trump Media board member who led Digital World, launched another SPAC in March, aiming to acquire a firm in the cryptocurrency and blockchain, data security, and dual-use technology sectors. Tangent Last week, a federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Nunes filed against NBCUniversal over a 2021 comment by MSNBC host Rachel Maddow about his communications with a suspected Russian agent. Forbes Valuation Forbes estimates Donald Trump's net worth at $5.1 billion. In November 2023, Trump Media sued 20 media outlets, including Forbes, for reporting that included calculations of its financial results while still a private company. The defendants have moved to dismiss the claims, but the case is ongoing. Further Viewing Trump Media Board Member Who Led SPAC Merger Sells Nearly All His Shares (Forbes) Truth Social Hosted Party At Trump's Mar-A-Lago (Forbes) When It Comes To Truth Social, Republicans In Congress Aren't Buying What Trump's Selling (Forbes) The Tech Mogul Behind Trump's Truth Social Used To Own Porn Domains (Forbes) 'We'd Call That Corruption': How Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire (Forbes)
