Well, I thought that was terrible.

[EndlessWire]

It gave me a feeling I've never had before, watching that post meeting presser, or whatever it was. Trump absolutely did look like he had been crying. He clearly was congested. It was different than pre interviews and post interviews, where no such sickness appeared. I don't know what that was. I doubt it was crying, because rump isn't capable of that. Just very strange.

Also, Putin himself looked like death warmed over. He looked ashen to me. The whole scene was very unreal. Maybe Putin told rump he is dying and rump cried. What's the world to do.

Putin said twice that Ukraine and the European leaders had better not interfere with what Putin and trump had agreed to do. This alone tells us that we aren't going to like whatever it is.

If rump agreed to give up rare earth deposits in our country, I hope that a very big protest is made. Bigger than big. Rump is clearly in over his head. But Putin spoke about the historical aspects of Alaska, and I didn't like hearing that. It is absurd to think that they sold Alaska to us and now claim it belongs to them.

Ukraine did not start this war. We held Ukraine back while they begged for munitions, a no fly zone, and then we prevented them from knocking out any Russian assets that were within Russian territory. No aggressive country has had it so good. And now Russia is still threatening us against helping Ukraine.

We do not have to restore any relationship with Russia. We should maintain sanctions. And, what of Russian Olicharch visas? I don't think that Russians should receive visas of any kind to visit our territory. I guess Donald is still hawking such money making items, and this must have been discussed.

Trump just repeats and repeats the age old smoozy "We were a dying country and now, under trump, we are hot." That is so silly. I think it is reversed. We were doing good under Biden, but rumpy is driving us into a depression.

Well, the whole thing was very strange. Nothing accomplished.

[Aussie105]

1. The show was meant to be just that.

A show without substance.
A blip on the media radar, a distraction from Epstein, ICE, and all the other batshit insane bad shit happening.

History tells me a man will be judged by his actions, not his words.

Both Trump and Vlad fail badly on that score.

While they were so close together, a well aimed bolt of lightning would have been nice. Or those Jewish space lasers.
Alas, opportunity squandered!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Putin accomplished being welcomed back to "world leader" stage w red carpet, top secret limo ride, etc

Mind you, it's only tRump's stage. Putin continues to be shunned by most of the world.

[marble falls]

10. TACO gave Putin 15 minutes more.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. LOL

You mena like the fair chance that the war criminal Putin gave all those dead people in Ukraine?

[hlthe2b]

6. Is there anything that Trump could do that you would find UNACCEPTABLE?

What was it about this episode and its implications that convinced you that the benefit of the doubt is warranted? As you are a newbie to DU and thus presenting unique opinions, I'm curious. Please enlighten me.

[EYESORE 9001]

8. Where is your mind?

Ive made up my mind

By all means, tell us all about yourself and your mind.

[BradBo]

4. It's like France wanting the Louisiana Purchase returned.

[John1956PA]

7. The press criticized Obama when he said he would consider meeting . . .

. . . a certain Mideast leader without beforehand having reached agreement on at least some substantive issue.

Having diplomats hammer out agreement on some detail before the happening of a summit has been the traditional way these events occur. In this case, no pre-summit accord on any detail was reached. What resulted was Putin stating in the post-summit presser that Russia was a good neighbor to the U.S. and that there is brotherly relationship between Russia and Ukraine. It was an opportunity for Putin to spout lies to a worldwide audience. The U.S. got nothing in return.

[marble falls]

9. It looked like a meeting of Mussolini and Adolf just before the end was all but deniable.

[hatrack]

11. Two wolves and a sheep discussing dinner plans (and the sheep wasn't even there) . . .

And now it's over and now it's back to Epstein.