On The Trump – Putin Summit

8-16-2025

On The Trump – Putin Summit

Here’s my take on the summit, when President Trump announced he was meeting with Russian President Putin everyone was wondering why not with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Trump offered no explanation. Finally the date 8-15-2025 and location Alaska were announced. It was said that Putin had his own deal to present to Trump, but nobody knew anything about it.

After Air Force One had touched down and taxied to the apron the red carpet was rolled out as a formality to welcome Presidents Trump and Putin as they moved with a purpose and met center stage with a firm handshake and a warm greeting.

I imagined that Putin’s first words to Trump could have been “Welcome to Russia Comrade President Trump, we decided to take Alaska back!” he could have said with a wry smile…but when the B2 and its F22 fighter jet escorts flew overhead it would have been Trumps “Don’t even go there look” to have foiled that notion.

It was apparent to everyone that no deal of substance was agreed to that would immediately end the war with Ukraine or stop the killing as there would be other meetings to be scheduled. More importantly as Trump had said in the past, the real deal has to be between Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. All Trump could do was conduct a carrot and stick approach to getting things moving.

Trump held a 2 hour telephone call with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy which I’m sure was to brief him on the progress made and on the sticking points that still need to be worked out. In the meantime soldiers and civilians are dying needlessly and it is Trump’s sincere desire to get the killing stopped. – RTM

One thought on “On The Trump – Putin Summit

  1. I don’t believe any war was ended in one meeting. Roosevelt and Hitler never met, nor did Stalin and Hitler, or perhaps that bloody war might have ended differently. President Trump was respectful of Putin, as he should be; it’s called decorum, something most young folks and news people know nothing of. Trump is no fool, nor is Putin, so let the chess game begin, and then slide Zelensky into the game. Either way, that meeting was historic, and the world is watching.

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