Meeting with US President Donald Trump, held at the Military War of Anchorage, provided him the opportunity to present himself to the American soil as an equal world leader, and not as an excellent indicted for war crimes.
Already at the protocol level, the summit was unusual. Trump welcomed Putin with a smile, a friendly powder on his shoulder and a cordial conversation on the red carpet. Then there was a surprise – Putin entered “The Beast”, the presidential sedan of the United States, and along with Trump drove to the summit. As political writes, the Russian president was obviously delighted.
Although Ukraine was not “sold”, as numerous Western diplomats feared, Putin pulled out the maximum from the meeting. He secured a summit without any previous concessions – did not agree to the ceasefire, and from Anchorage left without any obligations, despite Trump’s claims that he wanted to “save thousands of lives.”
Polito reminds that the meeting itself on Alaska Putin gave legitimacy on the world scene. Michael Carpenter, former U.S. National Security Council official, assessed that the very hold of the Ruski president has received what he needed the most – recognition of status and photographs by the shoulder with Trump.
Kremlin and Russian media began to represent the meeting immediately not as negotiations on Ukraine, but as a demonstration of the power of the two world leaders.
As Jamie Dettmer writes, Putin praised Trump in public performances for his “efforts to stop war”. Such respect, evaluates politico, has always been the safest way to gain US president – unlike Volodimir Zelenia, who had lost a heavy blow in the oval office earlier this year.
Nevertheless, Putin showed no readiness to change his goal – control over Ukraine, the state whose self-containing. He spoke about “removing the causes of war” and “fundamental threats of Russian security”, which in translation means that NATO and Europe remain the main culprits in his narrative.
According to the information that the independent editorial office of Medusa came, Kremlin sent instructions to journalists of the Summit to show as a meeting “Set the agenda” of the US relations and Russia, while Ukraine needs to be presented as unreasonable and unwilling to negotiations.
Polito concludes that Putin has no rush to complete the war. His regime could be compromised by this because the exit from the war economy would open space for dangerous internal conflicts. In addition, the extended war burdened further European countries and a weak transatlantic alliance.
“The summit enabled Putin to continue the Old – avoid Trump’s anger, postponed new sanctions and present a partner for peace, although he is obviously not ready,” Jamie Detthmer in Politicians.
(Vijesti.ba)
