Trump is currently on his way to Alaska for the high-stakes summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.

President Trump has departed from the White House to attend the high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.

He was slated to leave at 6:45 a.m. EST but left later than the given time. He arrived at the jet a few minutes before 8:00 a.m. EST.

He was seen walking up the stairs to the plane and gave a small wave before going inside.

He did not make any comments.

Moments before President Trump was slated to take off from Joint Base Andrews to depart for Alaska, he posted on Truth Social.

The president's brief message said, "HIGH STAKES!!!"

The president has not left the White House yet to jet off to Anchorage for the meeting with Putin.

CNN's Alayna Treene reports the American delegation traveling with Trump to the summit include:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Other people from the administration who are traveling include Susie Wiles, James Blair, Beau Harrison, Nick Luna, Dan Scavino, Steven Cheung, Robert Gabriel, Karoline Leavitt, Will Scharf, Ross Worthington, Ambassador Steve Witkoff and Ambassador Monica Crowley.

It did not appear any Pentagon officials will be attending.

ANCHORAGE — Over 100 protesters, including many Ukraine supporters, took to the streets of Alaska’s biggest city on Thursday night ahead of the highly anticipated meeting between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The demonstrators gathered on a popular street corner in Anchorage hours before the Trump-Putin summit in the 49th state — their first face-to-face sit-down in years in which they’ll discuss finding peace in Ukraine.

But many of the protesters, who appeared to be mainly Democrats, didn’t have high hopes over the peace talks and expressed dismay that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t be present.

Barbara Hood, who has lived in Anchorage for 60 years, said she brought a large Ukrainian flag with her to make a statement.

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Vladimir Putin's foreign minister arrived in Alaska wearing a Soviet Union sweatshirt, in an apparent attempt to goad Ukraine ahead of Friday's summit.

Sergei Lavrov was seen wearing a gray sweatshirt emblazoned with the Russian letters for USSR, and a black puffer vest as he entered the site of the talks in Anchorage.

He told reporters he wasn't making "any predictions" on the outcome of the talks between Presidents Trump and Putin.

The choice of outfit appeared to be a deliberate reference to Ukraine's past as part of the Soviet Union.

Ukrainian officials will not be present for Friday morning's summit at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.

President Trump is slated to depart from the White House to Anchorage, Alaska at 6:45 a.m. EST.

The president and Putin will speak via translators at around 3:00 p.m. EST.

After the talks, Trump is slated to leave Alaska later on Friday.

Meanwhile, Putin stopped in Magadan, a far eastern region in Russia, while traveling to Alaska for the summit. He's slated to visit an industrial plant in the region and speak with the governor of Magadan.

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser has left the nation's capital for the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, The Post has confirmed.

Bowser's office said in a statement that the Democrat "has a family commitment and had to pick up her daughter."

"She will return to the District tomorrow."

Bowser decamped as federal and local law enforcement have set about cracking down on street crime in DC, as well as clearing homeless encampments within sight of some of America's most famous monuments.

Asked if he was prepared to offer Russia access to rare mineral deposits to bring about an end to the Ukraine war, the president answers: "We're gonna see what happens in that meeting.

"It's gonna be very important for Russia and very important for us."

Inevitably, Trump is asked about tomorrow's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I think it's going to be a good meeting but the more important meeting will be the second meeting ... with President Putin, President Zelensky, myself."

"We'll see if they can get along."

Trump is currently speaking at an event commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, and as you might expect, he's taking questions.

Here he is on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) after she endorsed socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

"Elizabeth Warren said she was an Indian. We call her Pocahontas — she's a liar," the president said, adding that the Democrat was a "mean, horrible human being."

"I watched her the other night, she's all hopped up endorsing a Communist in New York City, and she was all excited and jumping up and down. She's gotta take a drug test, she really does."

Washington, DC's city workers began taking down tents and removing people's belongings during a sweep of a homeless encampment in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood on Thursday.

Garbage trucks came by to clean up trash, as a backhoe tore down tents.

Some people living at the encampment were packing up with assistance from volunteers.

The move is an effort to make good on President Trump's vow to be a "law and order" president, as the Democratic area faces allegations from Republicans that it is overrun by crime and homelessness, and financially mismanaged. 

A small group protested the sweep, with some protesters holding signs saying "Being poor is not a crime."