Donald Trump began slobbering over the war criminal he gave VIP treatment to right off the bat in Alaska.

But before the elderly conman and sexual predator completely capitulated to a much smarter Vladimir Putin, Alaskans showed up and showed out.

Even Politico noticed:

Protesters started to gather early on Friday morning ahead of Putin's arrival in Anchorage, chanting pro-Kyiv slogans and demanded that Russia return the 20,000 Ukrainian children it has kidnapped from the war zone. The protesters also took umbrage at Trump inviting Putin to a meeting on American soil in Alaska, which used to be Russian territory until it was sold to the United States in 1867.

“Ukraine and Alaska — Russian never again,” Ostap Yarysh, media advisor of Razom for Ukraine foundation, said in a post on X, along with footage of the protest.

The local organizers of the rally said "Alaska opposes tyranny" in a post on social media, calling on supporters to "come together in Anchorage, Alaska, to protest against an international war criminal hanging out here."

It looks like a pretty good-sized group of protesters, too:

It got going long before Trump had a chance to lick Putin’s boot: