Overview

• Trump posted on Truth Social a finger-pointing photo with Vladimir Putin alongside a 1959 Nixon–Khrushchev “Kitchen Debate” image.
• The upload came hours after what the Mirror describes as one of the heaviest Russian bombardments of Ukraine since the war began.
• The juxtaposition cast his recent Alaska meeting with Putin in a combative light after a session that appeared cordial and featured steep demands from Moscow.
• Supporters praised the image as a show of resolve, while critics and some experts dismissed it as a gimmick that reduces a complex war to a photo-op.
• The Mirror, citing an unnamed insider, reports Trump has threatened much tougher sanctions on Russia if progress toward peace does not follow.