Sensitive new details revealed after government papers were left behind at Trump-Putin meeting
Papers left behind after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Alaska have reportedly revealed fresh details about what happened behind closed doors.
Putin and Trump met on August 15 and began a lengthy meeting about a possible peace deal amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
It took place in Anchorage, Alaska, and all eyes were on the two leaders when their respective jets pulled up and the red carpet was rolled out.
The pair shook hands on the carpet in front of the press, with Trump immediately being noted to have 'yanked' Putin during the interaction.
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After talking for around three hours, the presidents delivered a 12-minute conference, where they announced, they had not come to a resolution, but instead ‘made progress’ towards one.
With so little mentioned about what was spoken about during the summit, new details appear to have come to light in a very unusual way.
Eight papers were allegedly left behind at an Alaskan hotel, which are said to reveal undisclosed and perhaps sensitive details about the meeting.
NPR reported that the papers come with US State Department markings and were found on Friday morning in the business center of the hotel.
The documents appear to have been created by governmental staff, who apparently left the papers behind in the hotel’s public printer.
The outlet reported that they allegedly show exact locations and meeting times of the summit, as well as sensitive details of employees.
Three guests at Hotel Captain Cook found the documents and took images of the pages.
Sending them to NPR and asking to remain anonymous, it was found that the first page shows specific names of the rooms inside the Anchorage base and noted that Trump planned to give Putin an ‘American Bald Eagle Desk Statue’ to Putin.
While White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly called the papers a ‘multi-page lunch menu’ on Saturday and said it was not a security breach, pages two, three, four, and five reportedly contained the names and phone numbers of three US staff and the names of 13 state leaders (US and Russian).
It's believed that there was also a list of names for all Russian officials set to attend the summit and help with pronouncing their names.
Meanwhile, pages six and seven apparently described how lunch would be served ‘in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin’ and provided a seating chart.
Putin and Trump’s positions were noted, as were the six officials set to be beside the POTUS.
It reportedly stated the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff would flank his left and right sides.
According to the papers, Putin would be sitting next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, and the Aide to the President for Foreign Policy, Yuri Ushakov.
While lunch was reportedly cancelled, as per the documents, they were supposed to eat a salad, filet mignon, halibut Olympia and a crème brûlée.
UNILAD reached out to the White House for comment.
Topics: Politics, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, US News
Britt Jones