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What Will Trump Give Away?
First, let's state the obvious: President Donald Trump is desperate for a “victory,” because let’s be honest, things are not going well. He is also desperate for a Nobel Peace Prize because Barack Obama has one.
So first, who is the American delegation? Here you go. And for the record, none of these people know anything about Russia. And one may have Kompromat over his head. I am sure Vladimir Putin will remind somebody of that little, unimportant fact:
The US delegation for the talks between President Trump and Putin in Alaska has been announced:
▫️US President Donald Trump
▫️Vice President J.D. Vance
▫️Secretary of State, Acting National Security Advisor Marco Rubio
▫️US Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff
▫️Treasury Secretary Scott BessantTrump’s press secretary Caroline Levitt told Fox News that during the meeting in Alaska, the US president wants to “look Putin in the eye.”
“The president wants to exhaust all options to try to bring this war to a peaceful resolution. He wants to sit down, look Putin in the eye and see what progress can be made to move things forward and end this brutal war,” Levitt said.
Marco Rubio is the closest to a Russia expert on this list. And that is saying a lot. But this is an administration that hates experts, so…