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Trump emerged today from his summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin without a deal and without much to say.

Trump rarely misses a chance to take advantage of a global stage.

But when he stood next to Putin at the conclusion of their three-hour meeting,
Trump offered few details about what the men had discussed.

Stunningly, for a president who loves a press conference,
he took no questions from the reporters assembled at a military base in Alaska.

In his brief remarks, Trump conceded that he and Putin had not reached a deal to end the war in Ukraine
or even pause the fighting.

“There’s no deal until there’s a deal,”
the president said.

He characterized their three-hour meeting
—vaguely
—as “very productive.”

Of the outstanding issues between the two sides,
he admitted that
“one is probably significant,”
but he didn’t say what that was.

“We didn’t get there but we have a very good chance of getting there,”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/trump-putin-alaska-summit/683897/