The eight page planning dossier appears to have been left in a public printer by bungling officials – and contains previously undisclosed information about the summit
Hotel guests in Alaska found potentially sensitive documents detailing plans for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, apparently left behind by bungling officials.
Eight pages, apparently produced by US staff, included phone numbers of government staff members, precise meeting places and timings – as well as lunch plans for the summit.
They were apparently left behind on one of the public printers at the Hotel Captain Cook, a four-star hotel 20 minutes away from the Anchorage air base where the summit took place.
It comes after Trump looked tired as he returned to Washington after the summit.
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According to NPR, the printed sequence of events was supposed to include a working lunch – with a simple menu of salad, filet mignon and creme brûlée.
The menu said the “luncheon” was “in honour of his excellency Vladimir Putin”.
But the lunch was apparently cancelled, as was a planned presentation of a gift of an American bald eagle desk ornament, which Trump apparently planned to give Putin.
Trump parroted Kremlin talking points – after Vladimir Putin ran rings around him at his half-baked Alaska summit.
The US President invited Volodymyr Zelensky to what could be a fiery meeting in Washington on Monday.
But there was no sign of a ceasefire from Russia – or the “severe consequences” Trump promised if Putin failed to agree one.
Instead, he’s leaned closer to the ruthless Russian dictator’s position – abandoning calls for a ceasefire in favour of Russia and Ukraine working towards a final peace deal, one of Putin’s demands.
Meanwhile Putin shows no signs he was willing to give up the parts of Ukraine he’s invaded.
And by literally rolling out the red carpet for him, greeting him warmly and praising him lavishly, Trump gave Putin the main thing he really wanted from the summit – to look like a world leader, rather than an international pariah.
But, in a change of attitude that could provide some small hope for European leaders, Trump appeared open to US involvement in defending Ukraine from further Russian incursions.