So not a shock!Trump, who for years has balked at American support for Ukraine and expressed admiration for Putin, had pledged confidently to bring about an end to the war on his first day back in the White House. Seven months later, after berating Zelenskyy in the Oval Office and stanching the flow of some U.S. military assistance to Kyiv, Trump could not bring Putin even to pause the fighting, as his forces make gains on the battlefield.
The U.S. president had offered Putin both a carrot and a stick, issuing threats of punishing economic sanctions on Russia while also extending a warm welcome at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, but he appeared to walk away without any concrete progress on ending the war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year.
Instead, he handed Putin long-sought recognition on the international stage, after years of Western efforts to make him a pariah over the war and his crackdown on dissent, and forestalled the threat of additional U.S. sanctions.
In a sign that the conversations did not yield Trump’s preferred result, the two leaders ended what was supposed to be a joint news conference without taking questions from reporters.
During a subsequent interview with Fox News Channel before leaving Alaska, Trump insisted that the onus going forward might be somehow on Zelenskyy “to get it done
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Trump leaves Alaska summit with Putin empty-handed after failing to reach a deal to end Ukraine war
President Donald Trump has failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling out the red carpet for the man who started it.apnews.com
Simple minded and gullibleAgree, the Russian economy is a mess and Putin understands clearly what awaits him and his country if he opposes a ceasefire.
President Trump means business when it involves stopping the killing.
The Imperial Empire has no cards.Simple minded and gullible
Therein lies the entire issue. Trump is brittle and easily manipulated; Putin talks him round again and again. Trump leaves those conversations utterly convinced of both Putin’s integrity and his own genius. Then Putin goes on dropping bombs and killing people. It’s a familiar story that’s played out not just in Russia, and that we can expect to play out anywhere where there’s a strongman leader with a penchant for basic flattery.
Will there be a cease fire?
If I had to guess I would suspect that Trump, having his cheap theatrics and threats fail all day, decided to run.
We will find out.
The collapsing Imperial Empire fails yet again.It was Trump making himself a center of world attention - what could be better? Gotta love that "press conference", a stage for Putin to faun all over him.
It was noise.
Will there be a cease fire?
Which helped Trump forget about the cease fire."The Russians did not give an inch"
Alexander of The Duran
Putin wouldn't even take biden's phone call
Trump has no cards....a point that the Russians keep pointing out waiting for the penny to drop.Which helped Trump forget about the cease fire.
trump will once again stare adoringly at Putin, and nothing will change. They will agree that Ukraine must meet Putin's demands, and Zelenskyy will tell both of them to fuck off.
One interesting issue is that U.S/Ukraine minerals agreement. Zelenskyy backed trump into a corner where he will now be forced to protect his new bounty.