President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a handshake on the tarmac of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska before departing together in Trump’s presidential limousine known as “the Beast” for a high-stakes meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine.

Trump arrived in Alaska at about 10:20 a.m. local time, while Putin’s plane landed around 10:50 a.m. The two leaders descended their respective planes and walked a red carpet, where they greeted one another with a friendly handshake.

They spoke for about ten seconds before they walked down the red carpet as a B-2 stealth bomber, accompanied by fighter jets, flew over their heads.

They posed for a photo oppurtunity before the press and then departed the tarmac together in Trump’s presidential limousine for meetings a

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