The Trump-Putin summit resulted in no ceasefire agreement, which the President had sought, or the public commitment he wanted from Putin to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the following week. The summit abruptly ended hours earlier than expected, but not before both declared the meeting a success.

On Truth Social, Trump said this morning that "Potentially, millions of people's lives will be saved," even though no deal had been made between the two leaders. Trump added, "President Zelenskyy will be coming to D.C., the Oval Office, on Monday afternoon."

Zelenskyy and Trump's last meeting went south as the US President demeaned the Ukrainian leader, and JD Vance joined in to humiliate the President of the war-torn country. In contrast, Trump had military members roll out a red carpet for the Russian dictator.

During the meeting in Alaska, where protesters took to the streets, Trump referred to Putin as "the boss." He also said, "There is no deal until there's a deal." Trump noted that Zelenskiy, not Putin, has "gotta make a deal."

The meeting could have been done via email or texts, complete with love emojis.

Via Axios:

It's not hard to see why Putin likely left Anchorage satisfied. Images of Trump applauding as he walked down the red carpet were beamed back to Russia, and around the world.

"They spent three years telling everyone Russia was isolated, and today they saw the beautiful red carpet laid out for the Russian president in the U.S.," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova noted.

For now at least, Putin seems to have reset a relationship with Trump that had been splintering. Their brief joint press conference was short on substance but long on mutual praise.
And Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity that new oil sanctions for Russia — which were imminent until Putin proposed the meeting — were now probably off the table for a few weeks.

For once in Trump's miserable, self-serving life, he told the truth. Putin is his boss.