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Trump-Putin meeting starts, what we know so far

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday landed in Anchorage, Alaska and have begun their highly anticipated talks in pursuit of ending the war in Ukraine.
The meeting marks the first time leaders from the U.S. and Russia have met in-person since Putin launched his deadly invasion of Ukraine more than three-and-a-half-years ago.
The meeting, which began at approximately 3:30 pm EST, is expected to last several hours, with initial estimates ranging roughly four hours, though the Kremlin on Friday signaled the talks could last up to seven hours.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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Trump said ahead of the meeting that he would not enter into a deal or grant territorial concessions regarding Ukraine, though questions mounted in the lead up to the high-level talks about whether Washington would forge a minerals deal with Moscow.
The president told reporters on Thursday he would wait to see how the talks play out before he would say if he may pursue a mining agreement – the optics of which remain unclear as they could potentially benefit Russia’s economy, and therefore Putin’s war chest.
Though notably, both the U.S. and Russia saw their top business negotiators travel with their corresponding delegations as U.S. Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Scott Lutnick – both of whom have engaged in top-level trade talks – as well as Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, were reported to have traveled for the trip.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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The White House confirmed that alongside the president and his top economic officials, Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also made the roughly 8-hour journey to Anchorage for «expanded bilateral» discussions and a «working lunch.»
Though only Witkoff and Rubio will be in the meeting alongside Trump, while Putin is expected to be accompanied by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov was also reported to have made the roughly eight-and-a-half-hour flight, but it is unclear if he will be sitting in on the meeting with Putin and Trump.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (C, L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C, R) walk on the tarmac upon arrival at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump said he will call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders immediately following his discussions with Putin.
It remains unclear if Trump and Putin will address the press following the high-level meetings.
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Pritzker rails against ‘un-American’ possible National Guard deployment by Trump

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker blasted President Donald Trump as a «wannabe dictator» Monday, accusing him of trying to «occupy» Chicago with National Guard troops after reports the White House is preparing a possible deployment as soon as September.
The Democrat railed against a Washington Post report detailing the potential move, warning that Trump was escalating rhetoric against Chicago and its leaders over crime.
«This is exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against,» Pritzker said at a press conference in front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago.
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«What President Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American.»
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to reporters in front of Trump Tower in Chicago as he denounces a potential plan by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops to the city. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Pritzker vowed to fight the move in court, accusing Trump of trying to occupy a U.S. city for political gain.
«Go talk to the people of Chicago who are enjoying a gorgeous afternoon in this city… ask if they want their neighborhoods turned into a war zone by a wannabe dictator,» Pritzker said, flanked by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other local officials.
«Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is — a dangerous power grab.»
The Democrat said Trump was trying to militarize a blue state while simultaneously slashing $800 million in federal crime prevention grants. Most of the grants were headed to nonprofits and local community groups, not to police departments or federal law enforcement.
Pritzker said that crime rates are down in Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city, and that Trump’s narrative of the city being engulfed in crime is manufactured.
For instance, he said that murders are down 32% compared to last year and nearly cut in half since 2021.
«You are neither wanted here nor needed here,» Pritzker added. «We will see the Trump administration in court. We will use every lever at our disposal to protect the people of Illinois and their rights.»
Hours earlier Trump suggested he would prefer to be «asked» before sending troops. He has been floating the idea of deploying the National Guard in Chicago, replicating operations in Washington D.C. which has also seen the federal government take control of the local police. More than 1,000 arrests have been made and the capital has gone 11 days straight without a homicide, according to the latest figures.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers remarks in Chicago alongside Mayor Brandon Johnson and other officials after reports the White House is preparing to deploy National Guard troops to the city. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
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National Guard units sent without state approval are generally restricted to defending federal property and personnel. When Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles in June over anti-ICE protests, they were confined to federal buildings and escort duties for immigration agents. In Washington, D.C., which is under federal jurisdiction, Guard units have conducted armed patrols alongside local police.
«In a certain way, you really want to be asked to go,» Trump told reporters, before taking a jab at Pritzker: «He has to spend more time in the gym.»
Trump continued his attacks on Pritzker and ripped the Windy City’s crime record.
«I’m thinking about you know, when I have some slob like Pritzker criticizing us before we even go there. I made the statement that next year be Chicago because, as you all know, Chicago’s a killing field right now and they don’t acknowledge it. And they say, we don’t need him.»
Chicago recorded 573 homicides in 2024, marking the 13th straight year Chicago has led the nation in total murders, according to Chicago Police Department data compiled by Wirepoints.
According to the Council on Criminal Justice’s year-end 2024 update, aggravated assaults declined by 4% compared to 2023 but remained 4% higher than in 2019, gun assaults fell 15% though they were still 5% above 2019 levels, and carjackings dropped 32% year-over-year yet were 25% higher than in 2019.
Meanwhile, Johnson echoed Pritzker’s defiance, insisting Chicagoans don’t want a «military occupation.»
«We believe that you don’t solve crime by sending in the military,» Johnson said. «The last thing that Chicagoans want is someone from the outside of our city who doesn’t know our city, trying to dictate and tell us what our city needs.»

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office as he continues to defend a potential National Guard deployment to Chicago. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Johnson called the plan «a stunt,» saying Trump’s targeting of Chicago is rooted in racism.
«We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence. We’ve already tried that, and we’ve ended up with the largest prison population in the world without solving the problems of crime and violence,» Johnson said.
«The addiction on jails and incarceration in this country. We have moved past that. It is racist. It is immoral. It is unholy. And it is not the way to drive violence down.»
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El astrofísico Adam Becker advirtió sobre la obsesión de la élite tecnológica por la inmortalidad y el control global

Un nuevo libro de Adam Becker, reseñado por MIT Technology Review, examina la situación del progreso de la inteligencia artificial (IA), argumentando que hay una perspectiva compartida por los principales magnates tecnológicos del sector, que siguen raíces filosóficas e históricas. En “More Everything Forever” (Más de todo para siempre), Becker expone que figuras como Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos y Elon Musk impulsan una ideología que, según él, promete consecuencias profundas para la sociedad y el planeta.
El libro parte de la premisa de que los líderes tecnológicos más influyentes no solo buscan innovar, sino que intentan rediseñar el destino de la humanidad. Sus proyectos van desde alinear la IA con los intereses humanos y crear una superinteligencia capaz de resolver problemas globales, hasta fusionar la mente con la tecnología para alcanzar la inmortalidad, establecer colonias autosuficientes en Marte y expandirse por el cosmos. Becker sostiene que todas estas metas comparten una misma base: la “ideología de la salvación tecnológica”.
Entre los líderes de este movimiento destacan Sam Altman, CEO de Open AI; Jeff Bezos, fundador de Amazon e impulsor de la exploración espacial privada; Elon Musk, creador de Tesla, SpaceX y GROK, conocido por sus ambiciones interplanetarias; Marc Andreessen, autor del “Manifiesto Tecno-Optimista”; y Ray Kurzweil, promotor de la Singularidad. Todos ellos, de acuerdo al análisis de MIT Technology Review, mantienen la convicción de que la tecnología debe resolver cualquier desafío y que el crecimiento perpetuo es moralmente necesario.
Becker identifica tres rasgos principales de esta ideología: fe inquebrantable en la tecnología como solución universal, creencia en el crecimiento sin fin y una obsesión cuasi religiosa por superar los límites humanos. Según el autor, hay una doctrina común donde “se encuentra la idea de escape y trascendencia, así como la promesa de un futuro asombroso, lleno de maravillas inimaginables, siempre que no se obstaculice el progreso tecnológico”. Esta visión, según Becker, permite a la élite tecnológica presentar la expansión de sus empresas como un imperativo moral y justificar cualquier acción en nombre del avance.

La obra explora las ideas y movimientos que nutren esta cosmovisión. Becker traza un recorrido que va desde los fundamentos del transhumanismo de Max More en los años noventa hasta la actual ideología de la salvación tecnológica, pasando por la llamada “ideología californiana”, una mezcla de valores contraculturales y neoliberales. Conceptos como el altruismo efectivo, el racionalismo, el extropianismo, el aceleracionismo efectivo, el futurismo y el singularitarianismo figuran como variantes del mismo núcleo ideológico. El punto en común es claro: el futuro será extraordinario si se permite la innovación sin trabas.
En este entramado, la Singularidad, momento en que la IA supere a la capacidad humana y y pueda mejorarse a sí misma de forma autónoma, ocupa un lugar central. Kurzweil sostiene la existencia de una “Ley de Rendimientos Acelerados”, según la cual el progreso tecnológico sigue una curva exponencial. Becker cuestiona este supuesto y advierte sobre la mala interpretación de fenómenos como la Ley de Moore, que describe la duplicación de transistores en los chips pero no garantiza un avance perpetuo.

Becker advierte sobre los riesgos sociales, ambientales y políticos de la ideología del progreso sin fin. Su preocupación se basa en que la fe en la salvación tecnológica sea utilizada como excusa para la depredación ambiental, la acumulación de poder, la evasión de regulaciones, además de distraer de los problemas reales del presente a favor de futuros hipotéticos. Sostiene que en la última década, la falta de regulación y de escrutinio mediático permitió que estas visiones se instalaran sin oposición significativa.
El atractivo de estas ideas no se limita a la élite de Silicon Valley, argumenta Becker. Muchas personas encuentran consuelo en la promesa de un futuro predecible, la posibilidad de trascender la muerte y la sensación de que alguien —o algo— tiene el control. El autor observa que en comunidades racionalistas y de altruismo efectivo, es habitual encontrar antiguos evangélicos, lo que sugiere un paralelismo entre la función de la religión y la narrativa tecnológica.
A lo largo del análisis, MIT Technology Review resalta la advertencia de Becker sobre el peligro de aceptar estas visiones como inevitables. Insiste en que solo reconociendo el carácter problemático de estos sueños tecnológicos se podrá desafiar su supuesta predestinación. Cuando la sociedad advierta que esos futuros prometidos podrían transformarse en pesadillas colectivas, la sensación de inevitabilidad que rodea la ideología de la salvación tecnológica comenzará a desvanecerse.
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