Putin, Trump and summit
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There was no deal reached at the summit to end Russia’s 3-year-plus invasion of Ukraine. The conditions being presented to Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will meet with Trump on Monday, seem to be: Surrender chunks of territory, including unconquered land, for little in return.
President Donald Trump on Friday lauded his bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that he would rate the meeting as a 10 out of 10.
After Trump concluded his remarks at the joint press conference by thanking Putin, he said in English: "Next time in Moscow," to which Trump responded that the remark would get him "a little heat," but that he "could see it possibly happening.
Oil prices slipped in early Asian trade on Monday as the United States did not exert more pressure on Russia to end the Ukraine war by implementing further measures to disrupt Moscow's oil exports after presidents from both countries met on Friday.
The Russian president and Trump emissary held talks in Moscow days before the White House deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine.
Donald Trump left his much-hyped summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska without a ceasefire deal - and without giving any real detail about what, if anything, was actually accomplished. Meanwhile Putin seems to have gotten the optics boost he was looking for.