From Clinton to Trump, Summit In Alaska Will Be Putin's 49th Meeting With A US President

A Look At Past Meetings Between Putin And His American Counterparts

Bilateral meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterparts were a regular occurrence early in his 25-year tenure.

In Photos: Vladimir Putin's Meetings With U.S. Presidents Over the Decades

While these meetings were generally warm during the Clinton and Bush years, they gradually grew more tense as relations spiraled downward.

From Clinton to Trump, Summit In Alaska Will Be Putin's 49th Meeting With A US President

During 25 years in office, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has met five different US presidents -- Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden -- a total 48 times. On August 15, he will meet with Trump in Alaska.

Trump swallowing Putin’s lies is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs

In Alaska the Russian leader will claim to want peace, but only on his terms – and play on the president’s desperation to ‘make a deal’ quicklyWars do not have to be won. Total victories loom largest in the popular imagination because those are the stories nations always tell to sustain patriotic feeling. The fuller version of history is written in stalemates.That is worth remembering when Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. B…