Trump's meets Putin

 

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.

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Yesterday, Friday August 14, 2025, Donald Trump, President of the United States, greeted Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, to a US military base in Alaska with a red carpet, applause, and a flyover of the B2 bomber.

Trump's agenda was a make-up meeting with Putin.  Earlier this year Trump was mad at Putin because Putin wasn't helping Trump get his Nobel Peace Prize for ending the war in Ukraine.

Trump discovered that Putin doesn't care what Trump thinks of him if Putin gets to do what he wants - which is to reconstitute the USSR, starting with taking as much of Ukraine as he can.

Trump realized he is the submissive in their relationship and reached out to Putin to patch things up and apologize for being mad at him before.  (of course I made that up, but it could be true...I mean, 'some people' say it's true.)

At the end of the meeting Trump essentially threw up his hands and said it's up to Zelensky now.  

Which is exactly how Putin wanted things to end.  He gets to keep bombing Ukraine and will eventually get some territory from Ukraine.

Trump is not a top-notch negotiator.

Or, considering his love of Putin, maybe Trump got exactly what he wanted.

Donald Trump is President

 

                                    This is how Trump sees his Presidency.

 

                                    This is how I see the Trump Presidency

It's been nearly seven months since Trump was sworn in as President.

He's a much worse President than I imagined.

I haven't been writing about it because it's too disheartening and overwhelming.

My lack of written outrage should not be taken as a sign that I am neutral about Donald Trump.  I am not. He is doing damage to the idea of a democratic United States.  He's being helped by the Republican controlled congress and the Supreme Court.   

We are living through dangerous times.  

And I know the 'other side' thinks the same thing.

Which is why the solution is eluding us.

After Trump met with Putin in Alaska yesterday to discuss the Ukraine war, Trump was interviewed by Sean Hannity (who loves Trump). 

Trump said:  "The meeting was a 10 in the sense that we [Trump and Putin] got along great, and it’s great when two big powers get along,”

I think that's indicative of what Trump's view is.  HE is the big power...not the United States, not the people of the United States. 

This is the United States of Trump as far as he's concerned.