The Make Russia Great Again "Summit"

 

 

"... It is a disservice to the public not to be clear about the nature of the relationship of Trump and Putin, and we must acknowledge that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. [snip]

"The “summit” in Alaska is one such performance. Clapping for Putin on the tarmac, and allowing him to ride in the presidential limo, with no translator or aides present, is unprecedented. I read this as proclaiming to the world that Putin has total access to Trump and there is no presidential space that is off-limits to him. 

"The open-arms welcome also reminds us that Trump is under pressure to redeem himself as a “fixer” for Putin.

"You may recall that, during the February Oval Office meeting with Zelensky, Trump felt the need to evoke the difficulties that the Russia investigation of his first term created for Putin because Trump did not have sufficient power in his first term to shut down the investigation. 

"We may see Trump’s extraordinary statement in the light of the “self-criticism” Communist operatives were required to engage in when they displeased the regime.

"Let me tell you. Putin went through a hell of a lot with me,” Trump said. “He had to suffer through the Russia hoax…He went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt…It was a phony Democrat scam. He had to go through it. And he did go through it."

"No wonder that, as soon as he got back into power, Trump scurried to redeem himself. He soon signed orders to disband TaskForce KleptoCapture, which targeted Russian oligarchs, disband the FBI’s Foreign Influence Taskforce, and relax enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including digital actions..."  (our emphasis) -- Ruth Ben-Ghiat, in her "Lucid" Substack, on Putin's performance review last Friday for our weak, ignorant, buffoonish Malignant Fascist.  The meeting was a total win for Putin and a total calamity for the US, as it welcomed the war criminal onto US soil, with a red carpet no less! 

The word Russian word "kompromat" comes to mind once again, much as it did during the Russian influence campaign on behalf of the Malignant Fascist in 2016.  The abrupt reversal of the position he held mere hours before the meeting might, using Occam's razor, be best explained by some kompromat being brought to his attention -- perhaps an old piece of pee tape leverage, or a newer one involving the Epstein files?  Is it irresponsible to speculate? It would be irresponsible not to.

(Photo:  "Is that a tiny kolbasa in your pocket or are you happy to see me?" / screenshot via BBC News)

Trump's Capitulation To Putin Revealed

 

The scope of the disaster of the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska on Friday is now coming into focus.  The blundering fool who sees himself as a master dealmaker, in his excitement at spending time with his supervisor, war criminal Putin, quickly adopted Russia's "land for peace, but no ceasefire" position.  Only the terminally naive would have believed that the Malignant Fascist/ Agent Krasnov would have stood up for Ukraine and American interests:

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not”, after a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land.

After the two leaders met in Alaska on Friday, Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Putin had offered to freeze most front lines if Kyiv ceded all of Donetsk, the industrial region that is one of Moscow’s main targets, a source familiar with the matter said.

Zelenskiy rejected the demand, the source said. Russia already controls a fifth of Ukraine, including about three-quarters of Donetsk province, which it first entered in 2014.

Trump also said he agreed with Putin that a peace deal should be sought without the prior ceasefire that Ukraine and its European allies had demanded. That was a change from his position before the summit, when he said would not be happy unless a ceasefire was agreed on.

“It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up,” Trump posted on Truth Social.  [snip]

Trump’s various comments on the three-hour meeting with Putin mostly aligned with the public positions of Moscow, which says a full settlement will be complex because positions are “diametrically opposed”.

Putin signalled no movement in Russia’s long-held demands, which also include a veto on Kyiv’s desired membership in the NATO alliance. He made no mention in public of meeting Zelenskiy. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said a three-way summit had not been discussed.

In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump signalled that he and Putin had discussed land transfers and security guarantees for Ukraine, and had “largely agreed”.

“I think we’re pretty close to a deal,” he said, adding: “Ukraine has to agree to it. Maybe they’ll say ‘no’.”  (our emphasis)

No shit, Sherlock!  You may be close to a deal, but only with your supervisor.  Ukraine and our European allies aren't likely to bite.

Can you imagine any other American President saying that a smaller country that was invaded by an imperialistic larger one should give in because they're not as big a power?  The shame of that comment will haunt this country for years to come.  The comparisons with Neville Chamberlain don't quite work because Hitler wasn't Chamberlain's supervisor.  Chamberlain was stupid and naive, while the Malignant Fascist is stupid, naive, and evil. 

Fortunately, some of our key European allies are going to present a unified front when they join Ukrainian President Zelinskyy at the White House tomorrow:

European leaders will join Volodymyr Zelenskiy at his high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in Washington, a show of support as Ukraine’s leader faces growing US pressure to agree to a quick peace deal with Russia that involves ceding swaths of territory.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have confirmed their participation. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will join the talks as well, according to Sky...

We're now reduced to hoping the Europeans stand up for Ukraine and against the Malignant Fascist's friend, war criminal Putin.  We have far more faith in them than in our own kompromat President and his regime of sycophants.

How far this country has fallen.

The Malignant Fascist's "Sickening" Meeting (UPDATED)

 

An excerpt from an editorial in the Kyiv Independent gives the proper view of yesterday's disgraceful display of subservience by the thirsty Malignant Fascist / Agent Krasnov and his hero, war criminal Vladimir Putin:

"Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.

Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.

On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a royal welcome in the land of the free — as his attack drones headed for our cities.

In the lead-up to the meeting in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump declared he wanted a “ceasefire today” and that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would face “severe consequences” if he didn't go for it.

Yet after a 2.5-hour closed-door meeting, Trump and Putin emerged to share… nothing. “Progress” was made and some “understanding” reached, but the two didn’t come to an agreement on “the most significant point” — clearly, Ukraine.

Trump didn’t get what he wanted. But Putin? He sure did.

From the moment he stepped off the plane on U.S. soil, the Russian dictator was beaming.

No longer an international pariah, he was finally getting accepted – and respected — by the leader of the free world. Trump’s predecessor once called Putin a murderer; Trump offered him a king’s welcome.  (our emphasis)

We saw a cowardly, deceitful bully who has no respect for democracy or human decency greet a Russian  monster with the blood of thousands on his hands -- the hands that the MF grasped and patted in a friendlier way than he's ever greeted our friends and allies. Here's a similar take by Jamie Dettmer at Politico:

"Call it the old pals act.

From the moment Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin disembarked from their planes at a Cold War-era air force base outside Anchorage, Alaska, their public interactions were notably friendly — with the U.S. president applauding the Russian ruler, an exchange of smiles, a pat on the shoulder, an animated but clearly friendly conversation on the red carpet. 

And then, after an American military flyover, the stunning protocol-buster of Putin climbing into “the Beast” — the U.S. president’s official car — to share a limousine ride to the critical summit.

The Russian leader seemed delighted. As well he might.  

The run-up to the summit was accompanied by scores of hand-wringing predictions from officials, diplomats and pundits. Fears ran high that Trump would be outsmarted by the wily former KGB apparatchik, allowing him to take giant strides to advance his goal to subjugate Ukraine, return it to being a Russian vassal — and crack an already brittle Western alliance by putting America at odds with Kyiv and its European allies.

While that didn’t happen and Ukraine wasn’t sold out, Putin still appears to have got the most out of the encounter.

He secured the meeting, notwithstanding being a wanted man for war crimes, and was greeted on American soil as a friend, not the leader of a pariah state that invaded a sovereign neighbor." (our emphasis)

The MF failed in his singular objective: to get an unconditional ceasefire in place.  He left with just a vague agreement to meet again in the future. 

After this disgusting spectacle with Putin, the US can't claim to be the "leader of the free world" any longer, nor can we ever be seen as an unbiased arbiter for the two sides in Russia's war on Ukraine.  Putin's plane ride on the way back to Moscow must have been filled with champagne toasts for the dictator and his American puppet.  In the capitals of the West, we imagine scenes of bitterness and confusion after the MF seemed primed by them to demand a ceasefire and stand up to Putin.  Instead the MF was played by Putin, who literally got the red carpet treatment, his international pariah status lifted for the moment, and some chummy photo ops and conceded nothing.  Disgraceful.

BONUS: A comment from a Kyiv resident sums it up for Ukrainians:

“This meeting only benefited Putin,” said Yevhen Martovytskyi, another resident in Kyiv. “He presented himself as someone who can be shaken hands with. Now all countries will treat him differently. What did Trump gain from this? Absolutely nothing. On the contrary, he lowered his status in front of Putin.”

UPDATE:  Meanwhile, the incompetence of the MF's regime in handling classified information continues:

Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details about the Aug. 15 meetings between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage.

Eight pages, that appear to have been produced by U.S. staff and left behind accidentally, shared precise locations and meeting times of the summit and phone numbers of U.S. government employees.

At around 9 a.m. on Friday, three guests at Hotel Captain Cook, a four-star hotel located 20 minutes from the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage where leaders from the U.S. and Russia convened, found the documents left behind in one of the hotel's public printers. NPR reviewed photos of the documents taken by one of the guests, who NPR agreed not to identify because the guest said they feared retaliation.  [snip]

The first page in the printed packet disclosed the sequence of meetings for August 15, including the specific names of the rooms inside the base in Anchorage where they would take place. It also revealed that Trump intended to give Putin a ceremonial present.

"POTUS to President Putin," the document states, "American Bald Eagle Desk Statue."

Pages 2 through 5 listed the names and phone numbers of three U.S. staff members as well as the names of 13 U.S. and Russian state leaders. The list included phonetic pronouncers for all the Russian men expected at the summit, including "Mr. President POO-tihn."

Pages 6 and 7 in the packet described how lunch at the summit would be served, and for whom. A menu included in the documents indicated that the luncheon was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin."...

 

If it’s not leaks on the signal chain it’s papers left behind in the printer. It’s an incompetent kakistocracy. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

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— Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) August 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM

 

We live in the most stupid times, with the most stupid "leaders."

(photo: A grinning Putin in the Presidential limousine / NBC News)