Cartoon, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Dictator lessons
Donald Trump gets dictator lessons from Vladimir Putin. Photo credit: DonkeyHotey / WhoWhatWhy (CC BY-SA 2.0) See complete attribution below.

Trump flew to Alaska for a three-hour meeting with Putin to discuss the Ukraine war. What else did the two old buddies discuss on the sly?

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President Donald Trump met with his soulmate, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Anchorage, AK, on Friday. Trump came out of the meeting supporting Putin’s position of making peace by having Ukraine forfeit their territory lost to Russian incursion. Comparisons to Chamberlain at Munich were inevitable and ubiquitous.

I’m just as interested in the private chats between the two presidents. Is Putin giving Trump tips on how to destroy democracy and assume dictatorial powers?

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President Donald Trump in private conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, AK, August 15, 2025. Photo credit: DOD / Wikimedia (PD)

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The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Donald Trump caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), body (The White House / Flickr – PD), Vladimir Putin caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), body (President of Russia / Wikimedia – CC BY 2.0), Denali National Park (CROCKERBD / Wikimedia – CC BY-SA 4.0).


  • DonkeyHotey creates art to illustrate news articles and opinion pieces. His current work is a combination of caricature, photo collage, and photo manipulation.

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