Trump-Putin summit details unveiled from government documents found in an Alaskan hotel
In a surprising turn of events, a series of documents detailing the preparations for the summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been found in a public printer at Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage.
The documents, produced by U.S. staff, provide a detailed account of the luncheon to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin." The intended three-course meal consisted of a green salad, filet mignon, halibut olympia, and creme brulee. The seating chart shows Putin and Trump were supposed to sit across from each other during the luncheon, with Trump flanked by six officials.
Notably, Putin would be seated next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Aide to the President for Foreign Policy. It was also revealed that President Trump intended to give Putin a ceremonial present, an American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.
The documents, which span eight pages, list the names and phone numbers of three U.S. staff members and the names of 13 U.S. and Russian state leaders, including Putin. The first page discloses the sequence of meetings for August 15, including the specific names of the rooms where they would take place.
This incident is the latest example of security breaches by officials of the Trump administration. Earlier this week, members of a law enforcement group chat added a random person to a conversation about an ongoing search for a convicted attempted murderer. In March, U.S. national security leaders accidentally included a journalist in a group chat about impending military strikes in Yemen.
However, White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly dismissed the papers as a "multi-page lunch menu." The U.S. Department of State did not respond to requests for comment.
For more information, contact Chiara Eisner, the reporter who investigated this story, through encrypted platforms (Signal: ceis.78) or email ([email protected]). The documents found in the Alaskan hotel printer reveal a lapse in professional judgment in preparation for the summit, raising questions about the security protocols in place during such high-level meetings.
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