WH: Trump-Putin meeting will be a ‘listening exercise’
NBC News·2025-08-13 02:00
And preparations are underway for that high-stake summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin on Friday. Gabe Gutierrez has new reporting on this. And Gabe, it now appears the White House is trying to temper expectations.Yes, Tom. The White House now says the president's Friday summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, will be a listening exercise. So, a ceasefire deal appear appears unlikely, at least in the short term.Today, I pressed the press secretary here on why Ukrainian President Zalinski was no ...