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Trump probably rates himself a 10 as well. He does think very highly of himself. We can’t take his word on the success of the meeting as truth.Trump rates Putin summit a '10 out of 10' and touts 'very good progress' toward peace
Trump and Putin hold productive Alaska summit on Ukraine conflict, agreeing on many points but acknowledging couple of big issues remain unresolved.www.foxnews.com
Trump rates Putin summit a '10 out of 10' and touts 'very good progress' toward peace
Trump and Putin hold productive Alaska summit on Ukraine conflict, agreeing on many points but acknowledging couple of big issues remain unresolved.
If a person is acting as a mediator and trying to broker a deal, "neutrality" in the sense I was referring to it, refers to not giving either side the impression that the mediator is on the other guy's side.
I'm sure that the threat of doing that is still there. Trump is keeping that in his holster of diplomatic weapons to use if Russia does not agree to a truce and a peace deal.
Trump’s Russia play isn’t about Ukraine, it's about China.
President aims to reduce Moscow's dependence on Beijing through energy and Arctic deals.
The headlines say the Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was about Ukraine. Commentators in Brussels and Washington rehearse the familiar debates: Was Trump too soft on Moscow? Did he undermine Kyiv?
But that framing misses the bigger picture.
The Trump administration has already set the terms of the 21st-century contest: The United States faces its greatest long-term threat not from Russia, but from China. From sweeping sanctions on Beijing’s access to advanced AI chips, to trading U.S. security guarantees for alignment in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific, Trump has consistently structured foreign policy around containing China’s rise. Against that backdrop, his Russia outreach is not a distraction. It is a deliberate attempt to bring coherence to an America-first strategy — one that pits him against the old globalist consensus now clinging to the EU–Ukraine agenda.
Trump’s Russia play isn’t about Ukraine, it's about China
Trump's Alaska summit with Putin aims to separate Russia from China alliance as part of broader strategy to contain Beijing's rise and focus US resources on Indo-Pacificwww.foxbusiness.com
I strongly disagree with your analysis for the reasons which are written about in that article I posted from foxbusiness.com in post #30
Sure, that's why Trump was talking (in the days leading up to this meeting) about severe repercussions if Putin didn't make with a ceasefire in Ukraine.
The Administration that gets along with everyone who doesn’t talk mean about them lashes out at those who do!?Marco Rubio accuses CBS reporter of pushing 'stupid media narrative' in fiery clash over Zelensky.
Secretary of State rejects claims that European leaders are coming to protect Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from being bullied.
"We had one meeting with Putin and like a dozen meetings with Zelensky… They're not coming here tomorrow to keep Zelensky from being bullied. They are coming here because we've been working with the Europeans. We talked to them last week… The President talked to these leaders as early as Thursday… This is such a stupid media narrative," Rubio said.
Marco Rubio accuses CBS reporter of pushing 'stupid media narrative' in fiery clash over Zelensky
Trump hosted Putin in Alaska summit on Ukraine war but failed to secure ceasefire, though both sides reported progress and planned future meetings
Rubio is a good soldier. Those European leaders are not coming here to keep Trump from being a bully (although he may try it) but to show the solidarity with Ukraine that Trump cannot.
Oh?Trump’s Russia play isn’t about Ukraine, it's about China.
President aims to reduce Moscow's dependence on Beijing through energy and Arctic deals.
The headlines say the Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was about Ukraine. Commentators in Brussels and Washington rehearse the familiar debates: Was Trump too soft on Moscow? Did he undermine Kyiv?
But that framing misses the bigger picture.
The Trump administration has already set the terms of the 21st-century contest: The United States faces its greatest long-term threat not from Russia, but from China. From sweeping sanctions on Beijing’s access to advanced AI chips, to trading U.S. security guarantees for alignment in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific, Trump has consistently structured foreign policy around containing China’s rise. Against that backdrop, his Russia outreach is not a distraction. It is a deliberate attempt to bring coherence to an America-first strategy — one that pits him against the old globalist consensus now clinging to the EU–Ukraine agenda.
Trump’s Russia play isn’t about Ukraine, it's about China
Trump's Alaska summit with Putin aims to separate Russia from China alliance as part of broader strategy to contain Beijing's rise and focus US resources on Indo-Pacific
Oh, the irony ---> Obviously, there was no sound reason to publicly belittle Zelensky as disrespectful for not wearing a suit, nor insinuate he was never thankful for US support, nor insinuate he is a dictator whom his people do not support, nor to blame him for the war, nor call him the problem preventing a peace deal. I see Trump pretending to be neutral only for appearances sake (It's wrong to be neutral in this scenario), while treating Putin with undue respect and trying to bully Zelensky into losing hope and giving up his resistance to Putin. The narrative is being spun to try and make Zelensky look like the warmonger.
It's not pragmatic to make deals with people who don't honor deals.
