Putin got exactly what he wanted from Trump

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/15/trump-rolls-out-red-carpet-gives-putin-vindication-craves/

by TheTelegraph

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  1. ***Dominic Nicholls writes for The Telegraph***:

    The press conference was called after about three hours of talks, a little earlier than expected. Had a deal been struck? A ceasefire?

    Hot takes among the dozens of journalists assembled at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage suggested this was a sign of disaster for Vladimir Putin: he’d clearly infuriated Donald Trump. Not a bit of it. We knew immediately from the smiles on stage.

    Putin spoke first and went out of his way to list as many examples of common ground he shared with Mr Trump as he could.

    In a speech that could have been written a year ago, we were treated to a canter through shared Soviet and American experiences in the Second World War, then a reference to a military burial site in Alaska and the graves of soviet pilots (it was “worthy and noble” of the local people to look after the burial site, Putin gushed).

    Mr Trump, whether he liked it or not, was reminded of the “common enemy” Russia and America had fought together, of their “common heritage”. This meeting, far from being a damp squib, was a “new stage in the relationship” between the two countries, apparently.

    A pause… then more.

    This was a “long overdue meeting” Putin enthused, thoroughly in his stride. There were opportunities for bilateral trade, space and arctic exploration, loads of stuff, if only we could get past the pesky issue of Ukraine, he seemed to be saying. “It is important for our countries to turn the page,” he said.

    Of course he did, he’s desperate for the page titled ‘war’ to be turned. He took a swipe at Joe Biden (‘I tried to reach out, I was rebuffed’) and said there would be no problem in Ukraine if Mr Trump had been in charge in 2022. It was all as obvious as it was depressing.

    In his (very short) response, Mr Trump called Putin “the boss” at one point, which sent a ripple through the audience. This was not what those wanting Putin to be held to account for his war wanted to hear.

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  2. Putin played Trump and Trump’s too stupid to even realize it.

  6. Imagine the torture the translators had to endure 3 hours of wordsalad lying bullshit from 2 sociopaths for 3 full hours and neither side listening
    I would quit and get another job.

  8. I read that pUtin gave to tRump a map with Russian territories over Ukraine.

    Did pUtin gave him also the map of ruZZian Alaska?

  9. I’m pretty sure Putin won’t stop unless he gets Odessa to close off Ukraine and connect tranistria, also the only reason he would agree to a cease fire would be for Ukraine to hold elections, since Zelenski’s normal term has passed, to facilitate a democratically elected official in accordance to the people who want the war to continue or end. So I don’t believe anything happened, zelenski will not agree to anything at this point, cause he doesn’t want to lose.

  10. Putin has tied his life and the future of his country on the war in Ukraine. If Russia stops the war, their economy collapses and Putin gets killed in a coup. So of course he will not stop unless Russia gains a victory so big they have no problems afterwards. This requires stealing so much and forcing western countries to such concessions that Russian economy survives.

    He has taken an insane risk in the hopes he becomes the greatest leader of Russia in history and Russia becomes a superpower on par with United States.

    This meeting was just a part of that plan. US and Russia meeting on even terms. Trump played into Putins hands like an idiot.

  11. could you imagine that? wow! as if basically everyone never came to the same conclusion like… 2014 at the *latest*

  13. He’s not back though, there is an arrest warrant for him in the entire western world.

  14. This was just as planned and directed as the suit incident.
    Trump is a quisling, but that will hardly ever become acknowledged until the long dark authoritarian ages of the US are over. 

  15. I think people don’t get Trump on Russia. He sees Putin as an equal, someone who can stand on his own two feet. And so, worthy of “respect” (in the prison sense of the word). European NATO countries and Ukraine can not stand on their own two feet, they are dependent on the US, so they are not worthy of respect. It’s very simple, really, but it’s not the way normal people think about geopolitics or life in general.

  16. >**Putin got exactly what he wanted from Trump**

    I mean… yes, that’s how the employer-employee relationship works.

    Hey Telegraph, remember Kim Philby? Does that name ring a bell?

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