David Ignatius, Washington Post
guest panelist on Washington Week w/The Atlantic
breathed a sigh of relief that Trump 2.0 accepted
that he would first have to talk with America's
allies about what would be the post-Summit
steps to take since Putin brought no CEASE-FIRE
proposal nor recognition of the right of
Ukraine as a democracy for its own sovereignty . . .
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David Sanger - NY TIMES (White House beat)
This is the first meeting of a sitting POTUS with a
Russian dictator since his invasion with now amassed
troops of N. Korea, Belarus, other client-states . . .
Trump 2.0 had claimed over numerous Campaign Rallies (2022 - 4)
that he would "stop / solve" the Ukraine / Russia invasion
on Day 1. . .if he comes out of the Alaska conference without
a cease-fire or imminent movement toward lowered
bombings / civilian attacks by missiles-drones,
it will not be obvious that he "won" anything.
trump-putin-alaska-meeting-stakes.html
Thursday Aug. 14. . .
August 12 -- in three days, Trump will travel to Alaska
for a two (not three-)way summit between Ukraine
and Putin/Russia as well as Trump (representing U.S.
interests) . . . he was telling the world press Monday
8/11 that he has set the "bar" low going to the
world powers summit to "SEE WHAT PUTIN HAS IN MIND."
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August 7, 2025
At a venue that has been decided "in principle,"
incumbent POTUS Trump 2.0 and incumbent-for-life
Putin of Kremlin/Russia will meet
"to show progress in reaching the end of the
Russian Ukraine and all-out war against Kyiv and
all of Ukraine's borders / major areas of population.
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May 19, 2025 (Monday) after return from
initial (actually 2nd) trip abroad for
Trump 2.0 with current VP Vance --
POTUS Trump 2.0 will telephone Vladimir Putin
then make a call to Ukraine and also European
allies . . .
ONGOING is Ukraine - Russia negotiation talks
in Turkey (Istanbul). . .
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REUTERS agency calls the Russian delegation
an aide, a diplomat, a spy
Thursday May 15, 2025
Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelinsky has called the
so-called negotiating team from the Kremlin sent to
the official U.S. - Ukraine - Russia talks in Istanbul,
Turkey
phony
CNN.com/ May 15, 2025 posting
Zelinsky is meeting today
with Erdogan of Turkey
and will address the world
press at 9 a.m. US Time zone.
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