''Why Should Trump Trust You?'': How Reporters Grilled Putin Ahead Of Meet
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met for about 2.5 hours on Saturday at a high-stakes summit in Alaska on the future of the Ukraine war. The meeting lasted for about three hours. However, just before the meeting was about to start, Putin faced an awkward media encounter. Reporters bombarded the Russian president with questions when he arrived for three-way talks with Trump on the Ukraine conflict. Journalists questioned him about the ceasefire and civilian casualties. "When will you stop killing civilians?" a journalist asked, prompting Putin to make a gesture suggesting that he could not hear. Another asked him, "Why should Trump trust you?"
