Trump’s latest attempt to get himself a Nobel Peace Prize ended in such a mess that Putin didn’t even bother to stay for the lunch that had been scheduled. Tass: Trump had working lunch planned with Putin, it was canceled.
US President Donald Trump’s schedule in Anchorage included a working lunch with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but it was canceled after the talks, NBC reported.
As for that “press conference that followed the talks” : t lasted 12 minutes, and Putin spoke for the first nine. Yes, Putin spoke first, although summit protocol calls for the host country’s leader to do that (according to the commentators on MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, which included Ambassador McFaul, who should know). Putin also got in an invitation for Trump to come to Moscow, apparently (though I’m not certain of this) catching Trump off guard. Doesn’t matter; Trump clearly looked defeated at the “press conference” — in quotes because they took no questions.
One of the comments on MSNBC opined that Putin didn’t even try not to embarrass Trump. And on some level, Trump knows it; I watched the live footage of him walking up the steps to Air Force One; he looked old and he looked defeated.
Trump also tried to wash his hands of the whole matter, saying later that
“Now it’s really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “And I would also say the European nations, they have to get involved a little bit but it’s up to President Zelenskyy. I think we are — and if they’d like, I’ll be at that next meeting.”
If they like, he’’ll come to the meeting. Big of him. Not exactly the same tone we heard just two days ago: Trump warns Russia of ‘severe consequences’ if Putin doesn’t agree to stop war.
This isn’t “old man yells at cloud.” This is old man misses his nappy time. Putin ate Trump’s lunch, and he knows it.
Expect Trump to try distracting us from his humiliating summit by bringing up the Epstein files.
This is Putin and Trump shaking hands at the “press conference”:
Putin looks like the cat that just swallowed the canary, while Trump looks like he’s holding in a fart. Actually, Trump has just dropped a load in his adult diapers and he’s trying to get out of there to change his diaper.