Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.

President Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic telling French President Emmanuel Macron that Vladimir Putin “wants to make a deal for me.”

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Vladimir Putin was going to "be good" and move forward toward ending the war in Ukraine, but conceded it was possible the Russian president doesn't want to make a deal.

Before a roundtable of European leaders in Washington, President Trump was overheard on an open microphone talking to President Emmanuel Macron of France about discussions with the Russian president on the war in Ukraine.

As Trump was flying into Alaska, he was threatening severe consequences if Putin didn’t play ball. Trump stressed that he wouldn’t be happy if he left the summit without an immediate ceasefire and that new sanctions may be necessary if the Russians were intransigent.

President Donald Trump said a letter, from the First Lady, that he hand-delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeing in Alaska was "well received."