Alaska Meeting Woes

Here's why I think the meeting in Alaska is even worse than we all suspected.

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not present. It was only two school-yard bullies. One is a convicted felon, and the other a war criminal. 
• P.U.Tin and 47 rode together in Trump's presidential vehicle, "The Beast." This gave P.U.Tin the private opportunity to remind 47 of what the stakes really are for him. I suspect that was the real "negotiations." 
• The planned seven-hour meeting ended after three hours. I suspect P.U.Tin ended things after he got what he wanted: red carpet, lunch, photo ops, and an end to Russia's isolation--thanks to 47.
• While initially planned to be only the two leaders, 47 brought along an entourage. Was this because he needs to be propped up now that he's showing mental decline? Not to be outdone, P.U.Tin had to bring his support group, too.
  
• BBC reported that P.U.Tin said that "although an unspecified 'agreement' had been reached, the 'root causes' of the conflict had to be eliminated before peace could be achieved." P.U.Tin has not changed his tune. He wants to keep Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, and have Ukraine demilitarized, neutered, with no foreign help. And also to get rid of Zelenski by holding new elections. That would make it easier to advance further into Ukraine. 
• When P.U.Tin told reporters that "we see that Arctic cooperation is also very possible," that means 47 did put things on the table that should scare everyone.
• Worst of all, 47 described the meeting to Fox News as a "10 out of 10" and said "we got along great." Sounds like it was opposite day for a guy who likes to cover everything up with alternative facts. 

This "summit" appears to have just been a big, beautiful PR photo op for P.U.Tin, but it ended up being a terrible look for the U.S.