Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday commended President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week. “Alaska was a show of force by President Trump. He invited President Putin to land that the Russians used to own.

P resident Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for a high-stakes meeting as the U.S. president pushed for a deal to end Moscow's war on its neighbor. A host of European leaders joined the pair.