In the past, summits between these two major nuclear powers the US and Russia (or the former Soviet Union) would have a clear agenda and be preceded by weeks of detailed negotiations between lower-level officials, down to the drafting of the final joint communique to reveal what had been decided. The backdrop for this uniquely Trumpian combination of braggadocio and toxic partisanship was, of course, anything but a master class in successful deal-making; rather, the impetus for the summit was the President’s increasing urgency to produce a result after six months of failure to end the war in Ukraine—a task he once said was so easy that it would be done before he even returned to office in January. A further sign that the summit was a failure is that Trump immediately gave an interview with the most sycophantic of Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and even there, could not some up with anything to even mildly justify the hype over the summit.
Author: Mano Singham
Published at: 2025-08-16 20:22:20
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