{"id":340426,"date":"2025-08-13T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340426\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:06:15","slug":"the-snowy-remote-army-base-where-trump-will-host-putin-for-talks-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340426\/","title":{"rendered":"The snowy remote army base where Trump will host Putin for talks | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday at the remote Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a US military installation in Anchorage, Alaska.<\/p>\n

Elmendorf-Richardson combines the Air Force’s Elmendorf base and the US Army’s Fort Richardson.<\/p>\n

It is Alaska’s largest military base and is home to more than 32,000 people – about 10% of Anchorage’s population.<\/p>\n

Read more: Expectations of deal low for Trump-Putin summit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Image:
\n US paratroopers during a training session at the base<\/p>\n

The area is also significant for Russia: the US purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire 158 years ago.<\/p>\n

In fact, Alaska’s Little Diomede Island is less than three miles from Russia’s Big Diomede Island in the Bering Strait, showing how geographically close the two countries are.<\/p>\n

During the Cold War, the base was regarded as “particularly important” in defending the US against the then-Soviet Union, according to the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n

Despite this proximity, Putin will be the first Russian president to visit Anchorage.<\/p>\n

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Image:
\n Paratroopers in the sky above the facility<\/p>\n

Some have criticised the US president’s decision to hold talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Alaska.<\/p>\n

“It’s easy to imagine Putin making the argument during his meetings with Trump that, ‘Well, look, territories can change hands,'” said Nigel Gould-Davies, former British ambassador to Belarus.<\/p>\n

“‘We gave you Alaska. Why can’t Ukraine give us a part of its territory?'”<\/p>\n

Although this will be Trump’s first trip to Alaska since beginning his second term, he made several visits to Elmendorf-Richardson during his first term.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Joe Biden visited the base to mark the anniversary of 9\/11 in 2023<\/p>\n

Joe Biden and Barack Obama also visited; in 2015, Obama became the first US president to set foot north of the Arctic Circle during his trip.<\/p>\n

Elmendorf-Richardson hosts aircraft like the F-22 Raptor – a fighter jet the Air Force says “cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft”.<\/p>\n

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Image:
\n Air Force One, touched down on site during Biden’s last visit<\/p>\n

The US defence department describes the area as having “picturesque, majestic, snow-capped mountains, lakes, rivers, glaciers, and plenty of wildlife”.<\/p>\n

It also advises visitors attempting to drive to the base to bring emergency kits, food, blankets and extra fuel, as it is so remote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday at the remote Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a US military…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-340426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115019958614988963","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}