It was a welcome tailored for a close friend, not a war criminal, and it looked to the Ukrainians like their nightmare.

Trump and Putin “looked like buddies” during their initial greetings in Alaska Friday – but the dynamic had shifted by the end of their visit, according to a body language expert.

The two world leaders sat down together in Anchorage on Friday, Aug. 15, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine

Trump critics raged on social media after he literally rolled out the red carpet and clapped warmly to greet accused war criminal Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday will mark a rare occasion when the Kremlin leader will set foot on American soil. Putin, who is due to land in Anchorage later on Friday, hasn’t visited the U.

Donald Trump has said after meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska that his advice to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to “make a deal”. In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity in Anchorage following the summit,