Trump got EVERYTHING he wanted from meeting Putin.

[Doodley]

Obviously, he got a distraction from Epstein.

I suggest he discussed the prospect of a personal minerals agreement, using Ukraine land that Ukraine will have to cede to get a peace deal, as well as other business prospects in Russia.

He thinks he set up a situation where the ball is in Ukraine's court to end the war by appeasing both Putin and Trump. Europe is portrayed in this situation as working against "peace" and prolonging the war.

He got to honor his hero again, which is the equivalent of a teenage girl meeting Taylor Swift.

He basked in the glow of being praised by Putin, and being told that he (Trump) won the 2020 election, that the voting system should be changed and other flattery.

In other words, Putin manipulated a corrupt moron with bribes and flattery that screws Ukraine, but will boost Trump's personal wealth and ego. As Trump said, they made "very good progress."

[struggle4progress]

1. Putin's buying $5 million worth of rump meme coins? letting US invade Greenland if rump

delays Ukraine progress for two more years? promising rump space for a hotel and golf-course at the Kremlin?

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Not necessarily. EPSTEIN!!!

Release the files, you Pedo!

[Clouds Passing]

3. Money infusion to ruskia. Weapons too.

[czarjak]

4. Grand Grift

Vlad will not settle for second place. Over the proverbial barrel?

[azureblue]

5. Putin reminding Trump

That he still has the pee tapes..

[azureblue]

6. But seriously

The Epstein files include evidence of money laundering from Trump to Epstein. Trump made 4725 Transfers to Epstein’s bank account totaling over $1.1 Billion Dollars ... So where did that money come from? We already know the Putin "loaned" money to Trump via Deuschbank, to save his properties. And we know Trump was laundering Putin money through real estate transactions. And Epstein was gerting a lot of money from unknown sources... So it is very possible Putin did want ANY record of the contents of their meet up and he told Trump to End the Epstein investigation, "Or Else".

[dlk]

7. A "Good Boy" pat on the head from a malevolant dictator

However, Epstein is not going away. The Putin news will pass and Epstein will be back. MAGA is heavily invested in this story and they can be like a dog with a bone.

[MLWR]

8. "He thinks he set up a situation where the ball is in Ukraine's court to end the war by appeasing both Putin and Trump."

I don't care if he thinks* that. It doesn't get him out from under his PROMISE that HE was going to end the Russian/Ukraine war on Day One.

[LastDemocratInSC]

9. Krasnov will eventually earn a medal...

The Neville Chamberlain "Peace in our Time" medal.

[Hekate]

10. It sure distracted all of us from the evil triad of Epstein Maxwell Trump

Which reminds me: time for all of us to goose the algorithm by googling them.