Which Donald Trump will negotiate with Putin in Alaska?

U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from the press during a visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(Corrects spelling of analyst's first name in paragraph 20 to Nicholas and adds word in paragraph 19 to make clear Trump imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on India)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair alarmed allies with a friendly encounter where Trump sided with the Russian leader over his own intelligence agencies on election interference.