Trump hosted Putin in Alaska summit on Ukraine war but failed to secure ceasefire, though both sides reported progress and planned future meetings

Marco Rubio was left 'red-faced' on NBC News when he was shown a video of himself calling Putin a liar and claiming no one could make a deal with him. Rubio was asked why he thought they'd be able to make a deal that Putin would stick to based on his previous comments calling him a liar.

Donald Trump's meeting with Russian president Vladmir Putin was either a "disaster" or a success, depending on whom you ask — and on Sunday NBC's Kristen Welker asked both Sen. Chris Murphy and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 17, 2025.

Trump and Putin will meet on Friday to discuss bringing an end to Moscow's ongoing war against Ukraine, which Putin launched in February 2022. The White House said the Russian leader reached out to request the meeting, to which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not invited.

The high-stakes summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin garnered mixed reactions from U.S. lawmakers and European leaders.  Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco

President Trump will not be meeting Russia's Putin one-on-one on Friday. He will be accompanied by Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop his war in Ukraine after their Friday summit in Alaska,