Credible Outcomes To Trump-Putin Summit: Intel & Military Officials Weigh In

Friday's much anticipated Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been somewhat downgraded once again, before even getting off the ground, as the White House characterized it as "a listening exercise for the president."

"Only one party that's involved in this war is going to be present, and so this is for the president to go and to get, again, a more firm and better understanding of how we can hopefully bring this war to an end," said White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.