All eyes are on Alaska, what will Donald Trump do if the meeting with Putin goes bad?

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska. This meeting will start at around 1 am on the night of 15-16 August as per Indian time. The meeting will begin with a one-on-one conversation between Trump and Putin in the presence of interpreters. After this, there will be talks between the delegations of the two countries, which will continue during breakfast.

The Russian delegation will include Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Presidential Advisor Yuri Ushakov, Defense Minister Belousov, Finance Minister Siluanov and Special Envoy Dmitriev.

According to a CNN report, US President Donald Trump said that he is confident that Russian President Vladimir Putin will come to the meeting in Alaska on Friday with the intention of reaching an agreement to end the Ukraine war.

While talking to Fox Radio, Trump said that I think now he (Putin) is confident that he will make a deal. He is going to make a deal. I think it is going to be Dean, and I will find out very soon.

What will Trump do if the meeting goes bad?
The White House had earlier tried to lower expectations by calling this meeting just a ‘listening exercise’, but Trump has raised expectations about it. He also indicated that his goal is to move towards a trilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky. In which discussions are being held at three different locations. However, Trump clarified that he will take further steps based on the outcome of the meeting. He said that if the meeting goes bad, I will not call anyone, I will go straight home. But if it goes well, I will call President Zelensky and European leaders.

When asked if he would give economic incentives to Russia in the meeting, Trump refused to reveal. He said that I do not want to reveal my cards publicly, but whatever cards I have (economic incentives, and maybe some disincentives too) can be very important.

India’s reaction
Regarding the Trump-Putin meeting, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that we welcome the agreement reached between America and Russia for the meeting to be held in Alaska on August 15. Prime Minister Modi has said on many occasions that this is not the era of war. India supports the upcoming summit.