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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Trump's gift to Putin revealed as dossier found at Alaska hotel detailing lunch menu and how to pronounce Vlad's name
DONALD Trump's gift to Vladimir Putin at their Alaska summit on Friday has been revealed after undisclosed details were left lying around. The eight-page printout, that was allegedly found at an Anchorage hotel printer, also showed the planned menu for a lunch that never happened. 5 US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Credit: Getty 5 Trump's gift to Putin revealed and meal plan were revealed in the documents Credit: NPR Advertisement 5 It also revealed the seating plan for a scrapped working lunch Credit: NPR Trump exchanged a warm handshake with the Russian tyrant when they met for the first time since 2018 on Friday. Despite three hours of talks, the pair did not reach a peace deal to bring the war in Ukraine to a close. But a dossier that was allegedly found by guests in a public printer at the Hotel Captain Cook has shed new light on other details of the meeting. Advertisement No secretive or sensitive information appears to be included, but the document features insight into the White House's procedure. It includes a memo featuring the names, photos and participants attending the meeting. Also included is a guide on how to pronounce the Russian despot's name - which is outlined as "POO-tihn". But it further revealed the gift that Trump planned to hand over the Putin at the event. Advertisement An American bald eagle desk statue was listed as the present that was to be gifted to the warmongering tyrant. Previously, Putin gifted Trump a portrait of himself back in March that depicted his now famous fist-pump after a failed attempt on his life on the 2024 campaign trail. Special envoy Steve Witkoff claimed this artwork had "clearly touched" Trump. Donald Trump vows full peace deal not 'mere ceasefire' after Alaska summit as Zelensky to head to White House The Alaska dossier also included details of an eventually scrapped working lunch between the two presidents. The menu would have featured a filet mignon with brandy peppercorn sauce and a salad with champagne vinaigrette. Advertisement A seating plan had the two leaders facing each other at the middle of a long, rectangular table. However, most of the major details of the widely-watched summit had been published in advance of Trump and Putin's arrival in Alaska. The summit ended with no peace deal being reached, but Trump said "some great progress" had been made. The two leaders made statements to the media following their three hour negotiations. Trump told reporters: "There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say. Advertisement "A couple of big ones that we haven't quite gotten there, but we've made some headway." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet Trump at the White House tomorrow for crunch talks. It will be Zelensky's first appearance in the Oval Office since his heated exchange with Trump and Vice President JD Vance in February. Putin has reportedly demanded that Ukraine fully ceded the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in exchange for no further Russian advances in the south. However, Zelensky has so far ruled out handing over this territory to Moscow. Advertisement 5 Nikas Safronov shows Trump raising his fist on stage after the failed assassination attempt Credit: Nikas Safronov
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Trump-Putin summit lunch menu and precious gifts: What the eight-page printout revealed about the Alaska meet
Several documents with undisclosed details pertaining to the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were found at the hotel printer in Alaska's Anchorage hours before the summit. According to news outlet NPR, an eight-page printout was discovered by three guests at the four-star Hotel Captain Cook. The documents reportedly contained non-public information such as President Trump's gift for Vladimir Putin and their anticipated lunch menu. The printout revealed little if any sensitive security information, as most scheduled items on the agenda for the summit on the military's Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson already were public information. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like With temperatures hitting 95°F, this is the mini air conditioner everyone's buying in the U.S News of the Discovery Undo Trump-Putin Summit: What did the printout reveal about the meeting The documents carried information pertaining to the scheduled lunch, which was ultimately aborted. The menu was to include filet mignon with brandy peppercorn sauce and a salad with champagne vinaigrette. According to NPR, a third included a seating chart with the two presidents centered around a boardroom-style table. Live Events Two additional pages contained the names, photos, and participants of an anticipated expanded meeting between Russian and US officials. The news outlet also reported that, according to the printout, aides were instructed that the Russian president's name is pronounced 'POO-tihn.' It further revealed the US president intended to gift Putin an American bald eagle desk statue and listed three phone numbers of advance staffers who helped set up the events. The White House had already published most of the scheduled events listed in the document. Though much ultimately did not take place or was abbreviated. Trump-Putin summit: Key highlights Putin and Trump on Friday (August 15, 2025) wrapped up their talks in the US city of Anchorage in Alaska, but no deal was reached. The talks, which lasted about three hours, focused primarily on the Ukraine crisis, as well as on reshaping bilateral relations that have largely stalled in recent years. Putin told Trump that in exchange for Donetsk and Luhansk, he would halt further advances and freeze the frontline in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, where Russian forces occupy significant areas. Russian forces control about 70 percent of the Donetsk region. Ukraine still has control over the region's westernmost chain of cities, which are said to be critical to Kyiv's military operation and defenses along the eastern front. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he would not swap territory with Russia and would not allow a second partition of the country. He is meeting Trump on Monday in Washington, where this topic will certainly come up.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
State department papers left behind on Alaska hotel printer reveal sensitive Trump-Putin summit details
U.S. State Department documents containing sensitive government information were discovered on a public printer at an Alaska hotel, two hours before a high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Eight pages — containing a schedule, several phone numbers of government employees, and a luncheon menu — were found in a public hotel printer at Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, a 20-minute drive from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson where the two world leaders met Friday to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine. Three guests staying at Hotel Captain Cook found the pages around 9 a.m. Friday, two hours before the summit began, according to NPR. It's not clear who left the papers but seven of the pages were 'produced by the Office of the Chief of Protocol', according to images obtained by NPR, which is part of the State Department. The hotel, which has 550 rooms, declined to comment on where the printers were Independent has also contacted the U.S. State Department and White House about the incident, who was responsible for handling the documents, and whether it is considered a security breach. A White House spokesperson told NPR that abandoning the documents in a public printer was not considered a security breach. The first five pages contain the sequence of the day's events, including the participants, locations, and times. Below the names of Putin and his Russian aides sits a pronunciation for each name. Under the Russian president's name, the file suggests: 'POO-tihn." The pages also contained phone numbers of government employees and a gift that Trump planned to give Putin, described as 'American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.' The sixth page showed a lunch seating chart. The two world leaders were seated at the center of the table, flanked on both sides by their respective officials, six for Trump and five for Putin. The seating chart showed Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and White House Chief Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff. Putin's group would include his Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, his Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, and Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov. The seventh page revealed the menu for lunch, which ended up being cancelled Friday. The first course would have offered a green salad with champagne vinaigrette dressing and sourdough bread with rosemary lemon butter. For the main course, there would've been a choice of either filet mignon with brandy peppercorn sauce or halibut Olympia. Buttery whipped potatoes and roasted asparagus were intended to be offered as sides while the planned dessert was créme brulé with ice cream, the documents revealed. The last document showed what appeared to be a stylized copy of the menu. At the top read: "Luncheon in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin." Speaking to NPR, White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly brushed off the discovery as a "multi-page lunch menu" and suggested leaving the documents on a public printer was not a security breach. The Trump administration has had several high-profile security breaches in its early months. In March, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent sensitive information about a planned U.S. military strike in Yemen to senior officials and a journalist from The Atlantic on the messaging platform, Signal. The incident, dubbed 'Signalgate,' led to the ousting of Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser. Other lawmakers and security experts lambasted the administration over the latest incident in Alaska. 'How many more headlines are we going to read about INCOMPETENT security breaches by the Trump Admin???' Florida Democratic Congressman Darren Soto posted on X Saturday. Jon Michaels, a UCLA law professor who specializes in national security law, told NPR the incident 'strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration." "You just don't leave things in printers. It's that simple,' he added. Trump and Putin met at the Alaska military base on Friday afternoon to discuss an end to the war, more than three years after Russia's invasion. The leaders announced 'great progress' had been made, but they still did not reach any kind of plan to end the war.
The Independent
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
State department papers left behind on Alaska hotel printer reveal sensitive Trump-Putin summit details
U.S. State Department documents containing sensitive government information were discovered on a public printer at an Alaska hotel, two hours before a high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Eight pages — containing a schedule, several phone numbers of government employees, and a luncheon menu — were found in a public hotel printer at Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, a 20-minute drive from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson where the two world leaders met Friday to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine. Three guests staying at Hotel Captain Cook found the pages around 9 a.m. Friday, two hours before the summit began, according to NPR. It's not clear who left the papers but seven of the pages were 'produced by the Office of the Chief of Protocol', according to images obtained by NPR, which is part of the State Department. The hotel, which has 550 rooms, declined to comment on where the printers were located. The Independent has also contacted the U.S. State Department and White House about the incident, who was responsible for handling the documents, and whether it is considered a security breach. A White House spokesperson told NPR that abandoning the documents in a public printer was not considered a security breach. The first five pages contain the sequence of the day's events, including the participants, locations, and times. Below the names of Putin and his Russian aides sits a pronunciation for each name. Under the Russian president's name, the file suggests: 'POO-tihn." The pages also contained phone numbers of government employees and a gift that Trump planned to give Putin, described as 'American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.' The sixth page showed a lunch seating chart. The two world leaders were seated at the center of the table, flanked on both sides by their respective officials, six for Trump and five for Putin. The seating chart showed Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and White House Chief Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff. Putin's group would include his Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, his Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, and Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov. The seventh page revealed the menu for lunch, which ended up being cancelled Friday. The first course would have offered a green salad with champagne vinaigrette dressing and sourdough bread with rosemary lemon butter. For the main course, there would've been a choice of either filet mignon with brandy peppercorn sauce or halibut Olympia. Buttery whipped potatoes and roasted asparagus were intended to be offered as sides while the planned dessert was créme brulé with ice cream, the documents revealed. The last document showed what appeared to be a stylized copy of the menu. At the top read: "Luncheon in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin." Speaking to NPR, White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly brushed off the discovery as a "multi-page lunch menu" and suggested leaving the documents on a public printer was not a security breach. The Trump administration has had several high-profile security breaches in its early months. In March, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent sensitive information about a planned U.S. military strike in Yemen to senior officials and a journalist from The Atlantic on the messaging platform, Signal. The incident, dubbed 'Signalgate,' led to the ousting of Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser. Other lawmakers and security experts lambasted the administration over the latest incident in Alaska. 'How many more headlines are we going to read about INCOMPETENT security breaches by the Trump Admin???' Florida Democratic Congressman Darren Soto posted on X Saturday. Jon Michaels, a UCLA law professor who specializes in national security law, told NPR the incident 'strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration." "You just don't leave things in printers. It's that simple,' he added. Trump and Putin met at the Alaska military base on Friday afternoon to discuss an end to the war, more than three years after Russia's invasion. The leaders announced 'great progress' had been made, but they still did not reach any kind of plan to end the war.
New York Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Printout identifying gift, menu at Trump-Putin summit left at hotel printer
WASHINGTON — An eight-page printout containing non-public information such as President Trump's gift for Vladimir Putin and their anticipated lunch menu was allegedly left at an Anchorage hotel printer hours before the high-profile Ukraine peace summit. The embarrassing snafu revealed little if any sensitive security information — as most scheduled items on the agenda for the summit on the military's Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson already were public information — but immediately became a media sensation after being reported by NPR. The formerly publicly funded news outlet reported that three guests at the four-star Hotel Captain Cook found the papers in a public printer. Advertisement 3 A US official mistakenly left planning documents for Friday's Anchorage peace talks in a public printer. REUTERS Two pages contained the menu for an ultimately aborted lunch, which was to include filet mignon with brandy peppercorn sauce and a salad with champaign vinaigrette, and a third included a seating chart with the two presidents centered around a board room-style table. Two additional pages contained the names, photos and participants of an anticipated expanded meeting between Russian and US officials — with aides instructed that the Russian leader's name is pronounced 'POO-tihn.' Advertisement It also revealed Trump intended to gift Putin was an American bald eagle desk statue, and listed three phone numbers of advance staffers who help set up the events. The White House had already published most of the scheduled events listed in the document, though much ultimately didn't happen or were abbreviated as Trump ditched his plan to seek an immediate cease-fire and instead returned to Washington optimist about brokering a full peace deal. 3 The documents contained few bombshells because most of the planned events were already announced in the daily White House schedule. REUTERS 3 Russian and US leaders ultimately left early as Trump phoned Europe to discuss a possible full peace deal rather than a cease-fire. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due at the White House Monday to discuss Putin's request that he relinquish the remainder of Donetsk province in exchange for a robust international peacekeeping force including British and French troops to shield against further Russian aggression.
