A self-styled peacemaker and dealmaker, it seems Trump will depart Alaska with neitherprinted at 00:27 British Summer time Time 16 August
Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent, in Anchorage
“There’s no deal till there’s a deal,” Donald Trump stated early in his post-summit remarks right here in Anchorage.
It was a roundabout approach of conceding that after a number of hours of talks, there isn’t a deal. No ceasefire. Nothing tangible to report.
The president stated that he and Vladimir Putin made “some nice progress” – however with few particulars about what that is perhaps, it’s left to the world’s creativeness.
“We didn’t get there,” he later stated, earlier than exiting the room with out taking any questions from the a whole bunch of gathered reporters.
Trump travelled a protracted technique to produce solely vagaries, even when America’s European allies and Ukrainian officers could also be relieved he didn’t provide unilateral concessions or agreements that would have undermined future negotiations.
For the person who likes to tout himself as a peacemaker and a dealmaker, it seems that Trump will depart Alaska with neither. There are additionally no indications {that a} future summit involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is forthcoming – Putin’s “subsequent time in Moscow” quip about their subsequent assembly apart.
Whereas Trump had much less at stake throughout these negotiations than Ukraine or Russia, it nonetheless will put a dent in his home and worldwide status after earlier guarantees that this assembly had solely a 25% likelihood of failure.
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