Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage has formed a critical part of America's military readiness, dating back to the Cold War.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the summit would amount to a 'listening session' for President Trump on the Russian leader's interest in peace.

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair alarmed allies with a friendly encounter where Trump sided with the Russian leader over his own intelligence agencies on election interference.