Trump team slammed as Putin summit papers with ‘location and gift’ details left in Alaska hotel printer

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA: Eight pages of documents detailing the Trump administration’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin were allegedly left behind at a hotel in Alaska.

The unverified papers, bearing US State Department markings, were reportedly discovered on a public printer by guests at the four-star Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage.

The hotel is located about 20 minutes from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, where Donald Trump and Putin held their summit.

Trump admin planned elaborate protocol to honor Vladimir Putin at Alaska summit

According to NPR, the documents contained step-by-step logistics for the high-profile meeting, including lunch plans described as “in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”

In addition to rolling out the red carpet and giving Putin a ride in The Beast, the papers reportedly detailed a gift Trump planned to present: an “American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.”  

The pages also included phonetic spellings for Russian leaders’ names, such as “Mr president POO-tihn.”

Documents shows Trump flanked by US Cabinet officials

The documents outlined a seating chart for the summit’s lunch. On Trump’s right were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. On his left were Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff.

For Putin, the chart placed Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and Aide to the president for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov nearby.

The alleged printer mishap follows another embarrassing episode earlier this year, dubbed the Signalgate scandal, when Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to a chat discussing sensitive military plans.

Those discussions included Rubio, Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. 

“It strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration. You just don’t leave things in printers. It’s that simple,” UCLA professor Jon Michaels told NPR.  

Internet calls Trump’s hotel printer blunder, Alaska summit a ‘clown show’

The internet erupted with strong reactions after US documents were accidentally left behind in a hotel printer in Alaska.

“Somehow, while the world was watching Trump roll out the red carpet for Vlad, Team Trump managed to leave a classified dossier sitting in a hotel printer for anyone to see. Meeting times, room locations, staff contacts, even a gift for Putin and just casually abandoned," one person wrote on X. 

The user added, "If there were a competition for ‘Most Embarrassing Security Fail of the Year,’ this would be it. The summit’s optics weren’t the only disaster; the administration’s competence walked out the door along with those papers."

“There is seemingly no end to the incompetence,” wrote another.

“Trump has sold out our country to one if its two greatest antagonists on the world stage. Traitorous behavior,” wrote another.

“Unbelievable. Eight pages of classified summit details room numbers, staff contacts, even a gift for Vlad the Impaler just left in a public hotel printer. This isn’t just incompetence; it’s a clown show on steroids. While the world watched Trump fawn over a war criminal, Team Trump managed to give away the playbook for the entire circus. Peak presidential embarrassment, no exaggeration,” wrote another.

“In a file the Trump idiots left behind in a hotel printer, a doc said Trump was gifting Putin with ‘an American bald eagle desk statue.’ Which sounds like it was purchased at the last minute, at the airport gift shop, by Karoline Leavitt using her White House AMEX,” Paul Rudnick wrote.

“Surprised he didn't give Putin a Trump 2028 red hat along with the bald eagle paperweight,” another joked.

One user even speculated whether the mishap was intentional: "Is this why they cancelled the meal? Did Trump leak the details and cause a security issue?"

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