Putin is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, but the U.S. isn't party to the ICC, allowing Trump to host him in Alaska.

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True. Putin faces an ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine, making him unable to visit more than 100 countries where he could be arrested. However, the United States is not party to the Rome Statute that governs the ICC, having withdrawn from ICC treaties. This created a legal safe haven for Putin to visit Alaska without risk of arrest. The summit highlighted what critics called "American exceptionalism" - while Putin couldn't safely travel to most of the world, the U.S. provided him a platform to regain international stature after years as "an international pariah."

Putin is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, but the U.S. isn't party to the ICC, allowing Trump to host him in Alaska.

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