Full: Trump leads first handshake with Putin? Everything you need to know from the first visuals
Published on: Aug. 16, 2025, 3:56 a.m. | Source: Hindustan Times
Twice in Anchorage, Trump and Putin lock hands—each handshake stretching a dramatic 15 seconds as fighter jets thunder overhead and the world’s cameras capture every move. Arriving almost simultaneously, the leaders exchange greetings on the tarmac before hopping into the US president’s car for closed-door negotiations. Despite warning he’d walk out if Putin wasn’t serious, Trump stays, reading Putin’s calm stare that silences the U.S. press. Will this headline-grabbing moment rewrite history?
