BREAKING: Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff To JOIN President Trump’s Meeting With Vladimir Putin

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Alaska today will no longer be between just the two of them.

The White House just announced that President Trump is now bringing along Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff!

Check it out:

🚨 BREAKING: The meeting between President Trump and President Putin NO LONGER 1-on-1, but now a 3-ON-3.

Joining Trump: MARCO RUBIO, STEVE WITKOFF.

All-star foreign policy team. pic.twitter.com/tosyz2Wsqc

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 15, 2025

🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 TRUMP BRINGS HAWK AND NEGOTIATOR TO PUTIN SUMMIT

The addition of Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff might reshape the tone and strategy behind closed doors.

Rubio, now serving as Secretary of State and interim National Security Advisor, has a long record of tough rhetoric on… https://t.co/TZUfiLUXGJ pic.twitter.com/nZJlRlJZDM

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 15, 2025

TRUMP BRINGS HAWK AND NEGOTIATOR TO PUTIN SUMMIT

The addition of Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff might reshape the tone and strategy behind closed doors.

Rubio, now serving as Secretary of State and interim National Security Advisor, has a long record of tough rhetoric on Russia.

Witkoff, a trusted Trump envoy, brings a quieter familiarity with Putin from prior meetings, adding a pragmatic counterweight to Rubio’s hardline stance.

Tensions are already high, with many Americans saying on X they’re praying for President Trump as global attention turns to what comes next on Ukraine.

We don’t know yet if Vladimir Putin will bring in any of his advisors, as well.

News — A White House official confirms Trump’s one-on-one with Putin is no longer happening. Instead it will be a three-on-three, with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio joining Trump. Not clear who will join Putin from the Russian side.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 15, 2025

Notably, many of President Trump’s previous meetings with Putin did not include anyone else.

Politico reported:

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are moments away from meeting in Alaska — a summit that no longer will include just the two of them.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said just after Trump landed in Anchorage at 10:20 a.m. local time that Trump plans to bring Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff with him into the room with Putin.

It was not immediately clear if the Russian side was caught off guard by the announcement or if Putin will seek to bring his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, or other advisers with him for the meeting.

Following the summit, President Trump and Vladimir Putin will go to a lunch meeting with several other top Trump officials.

Here’s who will be present at that lunch:

NEW: I'm told Rubio & Witkoff will be joining President Trump’s meeting with Putin.

It will be followed by an expanded bilateral working lunch with:

-PRESIDENT TRUMP
– SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO
-SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH
-SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT
-SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNIK
-CHIEF OF…

— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 15, 2025

NEW: I’m told Rubio & Witkoff will be joining President Trump’s meeting with Putin.

It will be followed by an expanded bilateral working lunch with:

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-PRESIDENT TRUMP
-SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO
-SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH
-SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT
-SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNIK
-CHIEF OF STAFF SUSIE WILES
-AMBASSADOR STEVE WITKOFF

It will be very interesting to see what happens.

Pray for peace!