John Bolton tells the Daily Beast Podcast why Vladimir Putin had the edge during his summit with the president last week.

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith defended President Donald Trump from those who blame him for the Russia-Ukraine war, instead placing blame onto former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton for their actions in the region while in office.

Ahead of his meeting with the Russian leader last week, Trump threatened Russia with “severe consequences” if it didn’t accept a ceasefire. Afterward, he dropped that demand and said it was best to focus on a comprehensive peace deal — as Putin has pushed for.

For years, Donald Trump criticized presidents for empty threats. He often pointed to then-President Barack Obama failing to enforce his “red line” on Syria using chemical weapons. During his first term in 2017, Trump called it a “blank threat” that cost us “in many other parts of the world.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that it was clear at Friday's U.S.-Russia Alaska summit that U.S. President Donald Trump and his team sincerely wanted to achieve a long-term and sustainable peace in Ukraine.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, and former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill join Nicolle Wallace to discuss the meeting between European leaders,

The US president will meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Monday in the wake of his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

President Donald Trump warned that "severe consequences" lie ahead for Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to stop the Ukraine war after they meet for a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.