{"id":1281040,"date":"2025-08-16T09:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T06:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/trump-gave-putin-a-big-gift-former-us-intelligence-officer-talks-about-meeting-in-alaska\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T06:20:18","slug":"trump-gave-putin-a-big-gift-former-us-intelligence-officer-talks-about-meeting-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/trump-gave-putin-a-big-gift-former-us-intelligence-officer-talks-about-meeting-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump gave Putin a big gift &#8211; former US intelligence officer talks about meeting in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The meeting in Alaska was a &#8220;big gift&#8221; for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, as he returned to the diplomatic arena, avoiding sanctions and effectively receiving carte blanche to continue the war against Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LUbBF1qG8aY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was expressed<\/a> on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by former American intelligence officer and military expert David Long.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This is better than if they discussed some agreements without the participation of Ukraine and NATO countries. This is perhaps the only good thing about this. But I think it was very beneficial for Putin. He reappeared in the diplomatic arena, met with the US President. There, I think, they talked a lot about resuming trade with Russia. When they agreed on this meeting, Trump said that if there was no ceasefire by this date, there would be major sanctions against India and other countries. Because of this meeting, Putin avoided these sanctions, and the ceasefire never happened. I think that was his plan,&#8221; Long noted.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LUbBF1qG8aY<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/and-that-s-it-how-the-world-press-assessed-the-meeting-between-trump-and-putin\/\">\u201cAnd that\u2019s it\u201d: how the world press assessed the meeting between Trump and Putin<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> At the same time, the former American intelligence officer emphasized that the meeting in Alaska should be viewed as the return of war criminal Putin to the international arena.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Meeting with the US President is a serious diplomatic step. It was a very big gift to Putin from Trump. They may have agreed on more than they are saying now to force Ukraine to accept it. And when the Ukrainians do not agree to these conditions, Trump can say: &#8220;Look, the Ukrainians do not want peace, they want war.&#8221; And he will have an excuse to resume trade with Russia, not provide weapons and everything that he wants to do anyway. They will simply give you ready-made conditions, and if you do not accept them, you will remain guilty,&#8221; Long explains.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, Putin achieved a key goal &#8211; he avoided further sanctions and effectively received carte blanche to continue the war.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I don&#8217;t expect anything to change. Putin wanted to avoid sanctions to continue the war without a ceasefire, and that&#8217;s what happened&#8230; The date when these sanctions were supposed to start has already passed, and nothing happened. I think Putin was able to avoid this thanks to the meeting, and as long as Trump thinks Putin wants a ceasefire, even if it&#8217;s not, he won&#8217;t start sanctions. I think Trump is in Putin&#8217;s pocket,&#8221; military expert David Long summed up.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/this-is-disgusting-ukraine-criticizes-putin-s-warm-welcome-at-alaska-summit\/\">\u201cThis is disgusting\u201d: Ukraine criticizes Putin\u2019s \u201cwarm welcome\u201d at Alaska summit<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> As is known, on August 5, negotiations took place in Anchorage, Alaska, between US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. On the eve of the meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/podyvytys-v-ochi-putinu-shcho-vazhlyvo-znaty-pro-zustrich-na-aliastsi\/\">, there were serious fears<\/a> in expert and political circles that the outcome of the negotiations would be a \u201cterritory exchange,\u201d that is, in fact, the legalization of occupied Ukrainian lands by the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p> Following the talks, Trump and Putin held a joint press conference. \u201cPryamy\u201d collected all <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/preskonferentsiia-trampa-i-putina-na-aliastsi-vsi-tsytaty-ta-detali-zustrichi\/\">the key statements of the US and Russian leaders<\/a> . After the talks, the US President stated, in particular, that the summit was constructive and gave reason for optimism. He announced consultations with NATO and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but stressed that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-nas-ie-duzhe-khoroshi-shansy-dosiahty-mety-holovni-zaiavy-trampa-pislia-perehovoriv-z-putinym\/\">there are no final agreements yet<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> In addition, Donald Trump said that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky want to see him present at a potential joint meeting on a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/domovlenosti-pro-terytorii-sanktsii-ta-maybutnia-zustrich-tramp-vysokoho-otsinyv-perehovory-z-putinym-na-aliastsi\/\">Trump also refused to impose new sanctions<\/a> against Russia and confirmed that during the negotiations he discussed territorial agreements and security guarantees for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Instead, Putin stressed after the talks that a resolution to the war in Ukraine is possible only after eliminating its \u201cfundamental causes\u201d and restoring the balance of security in Europe. He <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/neobkhidno-vrakhuvaty-vsi-zakonni-zanepokoiennia-rosii-kliuchovi-tezy-z-vystupu-putina-pislia-perehovoriv-z-trampom\/\">called the meeting \u201cmutually respectful\u201d<\/a> and invited the American leader to the next summit in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, former US President&#8217;s national security adviser John Bolton sharply assessed the results of the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, stating that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/tramp-ne-prohrav-ale-putin-iavno-peremih-eksradnyk-biloho-domu-prokomentuvav-pidsumky-samitu-na-aliastsi\/\">the Russian dictator achieved most of what he wanted<\/a> , while the American president received only the prospect of further talks.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meeting in Alaska was a &#8220;big gift&#8221; for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, as he returned to the diplomatic arena, avoiding sanctions and effectively receiving carte blanche to continue the war against Ukraine. This opinion was expressed on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by former American intelligence officer and military expert David Long. &#8220;This is better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1281021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1281040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1281021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}