The much-anticipated Anchorage meeting between Putin and Trump on the subject of Ukraine has, unsurprisingly, led to no clear resolution.
It’s the first time in 10 years that Vladimir Putin stepped on US soil.
No ceasefire was publicly mentioned.
The summit took place at US military Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Friday.
A second meeting will likely take place, experts say, particularly as Putin invited Trump to Moscow.
It is unclear if Zelensky would join.
Putin repeated the Kremlin’s narrative about “eliminating all the primary causes”, the “fundamental threats to Russia’s security” and encouraged Trump to “move on from confrontation”.
He also told Trump “not to torpedo” discussions, while implying that he blames Joe Biden’s administration for not intervening at the proper time.
Friendly Donald, meanwhile, raved about a “a tremendous relationship with Vladimir”, despite the fact that Russo-American relations are presently “fallen to the lowest point since the Cold War.”
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt telling called the summit “a listening exercise for the president.”
Because “tremendous Russian business representatives”, one wonders what sort of economic deals — triangulating the USA, Russia and Ukraine — might have been reached instead of a ceasefire.
Trump says Ukraine needs to make a deal after summit with Putin ends without ceasefire
