FROM DAILY MAIL: When Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, most predict a loyal lieutenant and adept foreign policy expert will be by his side.
On regulated exchange and prediction market site Kalshi, 92% of users predicted Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be there with Trump when he sits across from the Russian authoritarian leader at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, in a bold attempt to end the bloody war in Ukraine.
But coming in a close second is Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, who is deemed to be an 87% chance.
Witkoff, who has known Trump since the 1980s and plays golf with him, has earned the nickname the ‘Putin whisperer’ because he’s met with the Russian leader four times since January.
The other people predicted to potentially join him are Vice President JD Vance, in third place with 64%, and secretary of the treasury, Scott Bessan, in fourth place with 53%.
On Thursday, Putin told Kremlin officials that Trump is making “quite energetic and sincere efforts” toward peace between Russia and Ukraine. He opened the door to long-term peace, but wants the US to include strategic offensive weapons treaties as part of the negotiations.
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