Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith praised Trump for Russia-Ukraine negotiations, as one of the few prominent figures on the left to praise Trump.

Trump gave his assurance that no American soldiers would be sent to protect Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia

President Donald Trump made some false claims to the press while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday – including a long-debunked claim that the US has given Ukraine more than $300 billion in wartime aid.

Stephen A. Smith argued that Democratic presidents Biden, Obama and Clinton are responsible for the Russia-Ukraine war breaking out, not Trump, during his podcast on Monday.

After days of high-level diplomacy in Alaska and the White House, the plan, if there is one, is to follow Putin’s lead. What a disaster.

The latest: President Donald Trump accused Washington, D.C., officials of faking crime numbers “to create a false illusion of safety,” and confirmed the department is being investigated.

German Chancellor Merz broke with the generally optimistic tone at the European leaders meeting at the White House on Monday, stating a ceasefire is necessary for peace.