President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are moments away from meeting in Alaska — a summit that no longer will include just the two of them.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said just after Trump landed in Anchorage at 10:20 a.m. local time that Trump plans to bring Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff with him into the room with Putin.
It was not immediately clear if the Russian side was caught off guard by the announcement or if Putin will seek to bring his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, or other advisers with him for the meeting.
Several of Trump and Putin’s previous meetings did not include aides.
According to the White House, Trump and Putin will also take part in an expanded bilateral lunch meeting that will include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and chief of staff Susie Wiles.
