In a revelation that blends culinary preferences with high-stakes diplomacy, former US President Donald Trump allegedly insisted on having chicken Kiev served during a proposed summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska. This peculiar detail emerges from a bombshell new memoir by a former White House official.
The Cancelled Alaska Summit
The planned meeting between the two leaders was ultimately scrapped, but not before Trump made his unusual menu request known to staff. The chicken Kiev demand - a dish famously associated with Ukrainian cuisine - adds another layer of irony to US-Russia relations under the Trump administration.
Diplomatic Dining Oddities
According to the account, Trump was "obsessed" with the idea of serving the breaded chicken dish at the potential meeting. The revelation comes amid ongoing scrutiny of Trump's relationship with Putin and his administration's approach to Russian affairs.
The memoir suggests this wasn't the only unconventional aspect of Trump's summit planning. The former president reportedly envisioned the Alaska meeting as a dramatic, high-profile event that would capture global attention.
Symbolism or Simple Preference?
Political analysts are divided on whether Trump's chicken Kiev request carried any diplomatic significance. Some see it as a potential nod to Ukraine amid tensions with Russia, while others believe it was simply a personal food preference of the former president.
The cancelled summit would have marked the first meeting between the two leaders on US soil since Trump took office. The Alaska location was reportedly chosen for its symbolic midpoint between Washington and Moscow.
