The US president, who relishes projecting dominance, looked subdued and uncertain, ceding the floor to Putin, making only a short statement of his own and taking no questions. The Russian leader achieved what no other world figure has managed: silencing Mr Trump on home soil.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Alaska for a high-stakes summit. The meeting of the two leaders, which is taking place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, is aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.