What time is Trump’s meeting with Putin? See full schedule, livestream
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet face-to-face with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Aug. 15, after months of unsuccessful diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war.
The two leaders are meeting at a U.S. military base in Alaska. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not be in attendance. Zelenskyy spoke with Trump twice this week and has rejected the idea of territorial concessions to end the war.
Trump said Aug. 14 that the “more important meeting” will be one that includes both Zelenskyy and Putin. That will come next, he said.
“We’re going to see what happens,” Trump said Aug. 14. “And I think President Putin will make peace. I think President Zelensky will make peace. We’ll see if they can get along, and if they can, it’ll be great.”
Here’s what to know about the meeting between Trump and Putin.
What time is the Trump-Putin meeting? See full schedule
Trump left the White House around 7:30 a.m. ET on Friday morning, Aug. 15, flying about six to seven hours on Air Force One before landing in Anchorage.
The White House said the meeting is set to start at 3 p.m. ET (11 a.m. Alaska time) and a joint news conference is expected to follow. The two world leaders will meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. The base hosts about 30,000 service members, their family members and civilian employees, and is approximately 700 miles from the border with Russia.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, appearing Aug. 14 on Fox News’ Fox and Friends, said Trump’s meeting with Putin will be followed by a “bilateral lunch” between the two leaders and their respective delegations followed by a news conference.
Trump is scheduled to depart Anchorage en route to the White House around 9:45 p.m. ET (5:45 p.m. Alaska time).
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