Overview

• President Trump delivered an envelope from the first lady to Vladimir Putin during their Alaska meeting last week, according to multiple reports.
• The note urged consideration of children’s safety and dreams and did not mention Ukraine, with several outlets interpreting it as referencing Ukrainian children taken during the war.
• Trump later told Volodymyr Zelensky that Putin received the message "very well," as reported by the Daily Mail.
• Reporting and insider accounts portray the move as part of Melania Trump’s effort to exert soft power and shape the president’s image as a peacemaker.
• The Mirror reported that Zelensky handed Trump a letter from his wife, Olena Zelenska, for Melania, and said the contents were not released.