The Pedophile and the War Criminal: Trump and Putin Set to Meet in Alaska Today
Later today, at 11:30 a.m. Anchorage time (7:30 p.m. GMT), Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet at one of the most heavily guarded military bases in the United States. In one motorcade will be Putin, the sitting Russian president and internationally recognized war criminal. In the other will be Trump, the U.S. president with decades of documented ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The official White House line is simple: the two men are meeting to “discuss pathways to peace” in Ukraine. The truth, as is so often the case with these two, is far more dangerous. This will not be a diplomatic summit in the traditional sense. It is set to be a private carve-up, a geopolitical transaction between two leaders with personal stakes, political debts, and criminal histories that demand leverage over one another.
What makes the meeting even more dangerous is not just who will be there but who will not. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not been invited. European allies have been told to “wait for developments.” Outside the military base, thousands of pro-Ukraine protesters are already gathered in Anchorage, waving flags and holding signs condemning both leaders for excluding Ukraine from the talks.
Why Alaska?
Holding this summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is more than a logistical choice. It is a site steeped in Cold War history, a symbol of U.S.-Russia proximity and the uneasy mix of rivalry and cooperation that defined much of the 20th century. It is also an environment the U.S. can completely control, with no independent press, no protests allowed inside, and no chance encounters with uninvited parties.
The symbolism runs deeper. Alaska was once Russian territory, sold to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million. Choosing it as the venue sends a message: this is a conversation between two powers who see themselves as peer empires with the right to decide borders and fates.
For Putin, the choice of Alaska is a quiet assertion of historical reach. For Trump, it is a safe stage with no hostile international press corps, no NATO officials, and no Ukrainian delegation to publicly object.
Trump: The Pedophile
The label is not slung for shock value. Trump’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein are extensive and documented. Flight logs, party photographs, and witness statements place Trump in Epstein’s orbit for years. In 2002, Trump told New York Magazine that Epstein was “a terrific guy” who “loved beautiful women as much as I do, many of them on the younger side.” This was not idle banter, it was a telling admission.
Multiple women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct when they were minors. While he has denied all allegations, lawsuits have been filed and quietly settled. The most notorious was a 2016 case involving a woman identified as "Katie Johnson," who alleged Trump raped her when she was 13 at an Epstein-hosted party. The case was withdrawn, reportedly after threats.
Trump eventually distanced himself from Epstein, claiming they had a “falling out.” But distancing himself from a man already convicted of soliciting a minor is hardly proof of innocence. It is damage control.
Bringing this history into the present summit matters because it underlines who Trump is: a man comfortable operating in secretive, elite circles where abuse of power is normalized. In meetings like this, where accountability is absent, that comfort is an asset for him.
Putin: The War Criminal
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, a war crime under the Rome Statute. But that is just the formal charge.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian forces under Putin’s command have committed atrocities documented by journalists, NGOs, and the United Nations: mass executions in Bucha, indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, the bombing of Mariupol’s theatre sheltering children, torture chambers in Kherson, and the targeting of Ukraine’s power grid in winter.
Putin’s record extends beyond Ukraine. From Grozny to Aleppo, his military strategy has consistently used civilian suffering as a weapon of war. The idea of this man holding to any peace deal is not one that holds up to scrutiny at first, second or third glance.
What They Want
Putin’s objectives are clear: legitimize territorial gains in Ukraine, secure relief from crushing sanctions, and reassert Russia’s status as a global power the U.S. must negotiate with as an equal.
Trump’s goals are more layered. On the surface, he wants to position himself as the dealmaker who "ended the war in Ukraine." But he also wants to do it without conceding ground to NATO or the EU, both of which he views as competitors rather than partners. Domestically, a handshake photo with Putin plays to the segment of his base that admires strongmen and distrusts international alliances.
In reality, the child molester in the White House is on a mission to get himself a Nobel Peace Prize, wheter or not the award is warrented. Trump has already had a host of leaders recommend he receive the prestigious award, while most journalists and commentators with common sense have called out the clear stupidity of handing a peace prize to a fascist.
The idea of a Nobel Prize is not to be dismissed, however. Trump may well accept any deal presented to him, as Ukrainian sovereignty comes second to his desire to be remembered in history books as a peacemaker, even if he is also remembered as an appeaser.
For both men, the optics matter as much as the outcome. A deal signed in Alaska, without Ukraine present, sends a message: we decide, they comply.
Ukraine’s Exclusion
The mantra "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine" has been a guiding principle for Western diplomacy since 2022. By excluding Zelenskyy, Trump is breaking that principle in the most public way possible.
This is not just a snub, it is a signal that Ukraine’s role in its own future can be sidelined if it suits larger powers. For Putin, this is a propaganda gift. He can present the meeting as proof that the West is fracturing and that Kyiv’s allies are unreliable.
The exclusion also weakens Ukraine’s bargaining position in any follow-up talks. By the time Zelenskyy is brought into the conversation, the framework may already be set in terms he cannot realistically reject.
The International and Domestic Stakes
For NATO, this summit is a test of relevance. If the U.S. can make side deals with Russia without consulting its allies, the alliance’s credibility erodes. For China, it is an opportunity. Beijing can watch, learn, and adapt similar tactics in its dealings over Taiwan or the South China Sea.
Sanctions relief for Russia would also have ripple effects. European resolve could fracture under pressure from domestic industries eager to resume trade. Countries in the Global South, many already neutral or Russia-friendly, might interpret the summit as proof that Moscow can outlast Western pressure.
For Trump, the optics of standing alongside Putin on U.S. soil serve multiple purposes. It shows his base he is not afraid to defy the foreign policy establishment. It lets him portray himself as the only leader capable of making peace, even if that peace comes at the expense of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
For Putin, the photo op is priceless. It undermines the narrative that he is isolated. It gives him an image to broadcast domestically: the Russian president, treated as an equal by the leader of the United States, despite sanctions and war crimes charges.
The Alaska summit is billed as a peace effort. In reality, it is shaping up to be a negotiation between a pedophile and a war criminal over the future of a country neither of them has the moral authority to decide for. It will take place behind closed doors, without the people whose lives are at stake, on a military base designed to keep the world out. Outside, in Anchorage, thousands are already shouting in the cold, their blue and yellow banners visible for blocks, reminding anyone who will listen that Ukraine will not be represented inside. History may remember this meeting not for the deal it produces, but for what it reveals: when two leaders with everything to hide come together, peace is not the product, power is.
Great article but a s far as the Noble Prize for a fascist dictator they did that in 1938. The man of the year was Adolph Hitler Remind your readers