Both President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spent the run-up to Friday's high-stakes meeting in Alaska staking out their public positions -- and signaling the strategies they may employ behind closed doors. ABC News spoke to current and former officials as well as outside policy experts to break down both Trump and Putin's approach and the potential risks and rewards for each. Ahead of the summit, the White House initially tried to downplay expectations, first calling it a "listening session" for Trump to hear Putin's position on bringing the war in Ukraine to a close. Through the week, Trump stopped short of making any promises, but he slowly began to build expectations, describing the summit with Putin as a steppingstone that -- if successful -- would set up ano

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