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Chuck Todd says Putin made a 'huge miscalculation' by not giving Trump a 'win' at Alaska summit

Former NBC host Chuck Todd argued Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a ‘huge miscalculation' not giving President Donald Trump a ‘win’ during the Alaska peace summit last week.

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Former NBC News "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd argued Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "huge miscalculation" during last week's summit in Alaska by not giving President Donald Trump a "win." 

On his show, "The Chuck Toddcast," the former NBC host said Putin has a "very low regard" for Trump and views the president as "really easy to manipulate" after he refused to make any concessions, such as a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine, for the duration of the Alaska summit.

"Why do I say this? Because he's given Trump nothing," he said. "And, you know, he pays him lip service, right? He tells Trump what he wants to hear about mail-in voting. … What Trump wants to hear about is whether the war would have started if Trump had been president or not. But he never actually gives Trump a win that Trump is asking for, right?"

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Todd argued that Putin made a "huge miscalculation" during last week's Alaska summit by not giving Trump any wins. (Screenshot/The Chuck Toddcast)

Trump and Putin met in Alaska on Friday to discuss peace in Ukraine as the war has gone for over three years.

Todd noted that Putin "couldn't even give him a ceasefire during the time that they were meeting in Alaska" or during the 72 hours that Trump was "playing shuttle diplomacy between Putin and Zelenskyy."

"That is total disrespect by Putin, right?" he questioned. "It totally should undermine the idea that Putin wouldn't have launched this invasion of Ukraine had Trump been president."

Todd contended that if Putin respected Trump so much, "why couldn't he just give him a temporary ceasefire?"

"I think Putin thinks he can just pay lip service and not actually have to match the lip service with an action," he said. "I think he's miscalculating."

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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Aug. 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. The two leaders are meeting for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. (Getty Images/ Andrew Harnik)
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President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025.  (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP;Getty Images)
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