AP Spotlight Trump rolls out the red carpet for Putin, giving way to a muted final appearance JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press Aug 16, 2025 Aug 16, 2025 Updated Feb 19, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — First came the red carpet, then the warm handshakes, friendly smiles and military planes flying overhead.kAmu:?2==J[ !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A 2?5 #FDD:2? =6256C '=25:>:C !FE:? 4=:>365 :?E@ E96 324< D62E @7 %CF>AVD AC6D:56?E:2= =:>@FD:?6[ 42DF2==J 492EE:?8 =:<6 C6F?:E65 7C:6?5D 2D E96J H6C6 H9:D<65 2H2J E@ E2=<D 23@FE E96 7FEFC6 @7 E96 #FDD:2\&<C2:?6 H2C]k^AmkAmxE H2D 2 8C66E:?8 7:E 7@C E96 4=@D6DE &]$] 2==:6D] x?DE625 :E H2D C@==65 @FE 7@C 2? 25G6CD2C:2= =6256C H9@ =2F?4965 E96 =2C86DE =2?5 H2C :? tFC@A6 D:?46 (@C=5 (2C xx 2?5 :D D66? 2D @?6 @7 p>6C:42VD >@DE G6I:?8 7@6D]k^Am kAmw@FCD =2E6C[ 9@H6G6C[ E96:C :?E6C24E:@?D D66>65 >@C6 >FE65 27E6C E96J 6>6C865 7C@> E2=<D]k^Am People are also reading… 12-year-old arrested in death of classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle Lexington wins Good Life Cup CPS reformats after-school and preschool programs, raises tuition Kearney restaurant owner Carlos Godinez will be deported State troopers trying to locate man who ran from traffic stop near Overton Gothenburg High School speech team overjoyed with state results Learning Adventures Childcare plans culturally diverse summer curriculum Sarah Neben: TRACK: Cozad boys win team title at Ogallala Geiser family opens hardware store in Lexington Lexington falls to No. 1 Schuyler in Pinnacle Cup Final Gothenburg golf wins home dual over North Platte St. Pat's Priscilla Quill's book launch at Lexington Public Library Lexington YMCA hosts egg hunt Overton boys golf takes third at Hi-Line invite kAm%CF>A 2?5 !FE:? 2AA62C65 3C:67=J 2E H92E H2D 3:==65 2D 2 ;@:?E ?6HD 4@?76C6?46 — E9@F89 ?6:E96C E@@< BF6DE:@?D] %96J @776C65 86?6C2=:E:6D 23@FE 2? 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E96 H2J E@ A6246 :? &<C2:?6[Q !FE:? D2:5 :? #FDD:2?[ H:E9@FE 6=23@C2E:?8]k^Am Government-politics No deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine after Trump rolls out red carpet for Putin MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press kAm%CF>A =:DE6?65 H:E9 2 EC2?D=2E:@? :? @?6 62C] w6 DA@<6 D64@?5[ E6==:?8 C6A@CE6CD E92E 96VD Q2=H2JD 925 2 72?E2DE:4 C6=2E:@?D9:AQ H:E9 !FE:?]k^Am kAm%96 &]$] AC6D:56?E D2:5 QD@>6 8C62E AC@8C6DDQ 925 366? >256 5FC:?8 Q2? 6IEC6>6=J AC@5F4E:G6 >66E:?8]Q %CF>A D2:5 Q>2?J A@:?ED H6C6 28C665 E@Q 2?5 E92E Q;FDE 2 G6CJ 76HQ :DDF6D H6C6 =67E E@ C6D@=G6] w6 5:5 ?@E @776C DA64:7:4D]k^AmkAmw6 2=D@ >256 ?@ C676C6?46 E@ E96 462D67:C6 96 D@F89E 2?5 5:5 ?@E 4C:E:4:K6 !FE:? @G6C E96 <:==:?8 @7 &<C2:?:2? 4:G:=:2?D 2D 96 DE@@5 @? E96 H@C=5 DE286]k^Am kAmpD E96J HC2AA65 FA[ !FE:? D2:5 96 9@A65 E96 EH@ H@F=5 >66E 282:? D@@?] Q}6IE E:>6 :? |@D4@H[Q 96 D2:5 :? t?8=:D9[ E96? 49F4<=65]k^Am 0 Comments Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox! 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Government-politics No deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine after Trump rolls out red carpet for Putin MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
Ukrainians feel betrayed after Trump greets Putin with a red carpet On Ukrainian social media, memes of Putin and Trump walking down a red carpet strewn with dead Ukrainian bodies were widely shared.
