Trump has visited Alaska several times as president, pushed for expanded oil, gas and mining permits there, and even got funding for new polar icebreakers, a popular stance in a state he won with 54% of the vote in 2024.

Watch CBS News live coverage as President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a rare meeting Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their meeting after more than two-and-a-half hours.

The White House has released the names of all members of the delegation accompanying US President Donald Trump on his trip to Alaska, where he is set to hold his first meeting of this term with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in the evening.

Trump and Putin are slated to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday. The high-stakes meeting comes three-and-a-half years into Russia's war with Ukraine, which Trump pledged to end on his first day back in office.

It’s fair to say US president Donald Trump’s talks in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t go exactly to plan. Almost three hours of discussion didn’t result in a ceasefire agreement he said he would sort on day one of his second term,