‘Trump Was Not In Control of Anything’: Nicolle Wallace Calls Putin ‘The Alpha’ at Alaska Summit

Kathryn Wilkens Aug 15th, 2025, 8:29 pm

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace said Friday that “[ Donald ] Trump was not in control of anything” and that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “the alpha” after their meeting and subsequent presser in Anchorage, Alaska.

“Clearly, Trump was not in control of anything,” she said. “Putin was the alpha all day long, from Trump holding on his plane and waiting for him like a middle schooler waiting for their first date, to the red carpet that rolled out, the choreography.”

Here, Wallace is referring to the two presidents’ greeting on the tarmac of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, when Trump clapped as Putin approached on a red carpet, flanked by U

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