President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Donald Trump has been mocked after falling for Vladimir Putin’s flattery during their peace talks in Alaska.

The US president said his Russian counterpart had heaped praise on his first six months back in office, and even agreed with his widely-debunked belief that he actually won the 2020 presidential election.

But critics said Trump had been played by former KGB agent Putin as the talks broke up without any progress being made on a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

Earlier, Trump had literally rolled out the red carpet for the Russian leader, who began the war in February 2022 by ordering the invasion of his eastern European neighbours.

Speaking to Fox News after the summit broke up, Trump said: “Vladimir said just a little while ago, he said ‘I’ve never seen anybody do so much so fast.’ He said, ‘your country is, like, hot as a pistol,’ and a year ago he thought it was dead.”

Reacting to the president’s comments on X, journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan said: “Child-like behaviour from Trump. The guy........

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