{"id":1281061,"date":"2025-08-16T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T06:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/theater-of-two-dictators-the-us-reacted-harshly-to-the-meeting-between-trump-and-putin\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T06:58:24","slug":"theater-of-two-dictators-the-us-reacted-harshly-to-the-meeting-between-trump-and-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/theater-of-two-dictators-the-us-reacted-harshly-to-the-meeting-between-trump-and-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Theater of two dictators: the US reacted harshly to the meeting between Trump and Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Alaska meeting was just a resolution for the US and Russian presidents. Thus, Vladimir Putin is trying to avoid further sanctions or even their lifting, as well as buy time for business negotiations, while Donald Trump still hopes to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8hXdHQCFsZg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was expressed<\/a> on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by Lev Parnas, an American businessman, advisor to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and a witness in the impeachment of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;What conclusions can be drawn? What happened was pure theater. It was all prepared. Even my sources say that it is unclear which of the &#8220;Putins&#8221; was at this meeting. There are so many of them. It was all faked and staged. All the conversations that they translate on the back channels are organized by Steve Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev. I know this because five years ago I was this Steve Witkoff for Donald Trump. Now he has Steve Witkoff, and in 2018-2019 it was me that he sent to Ukraine to do the same things,&#8221; says Parnas.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8hXdHQCFsZg<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/trump-gave-putin-a-big-gift-former-us-intelligence-officer-talks-about-meeting-in-alaska\/\">Trump gave Putin a big gift &#8211; former US intelligence officer talks about meeting in Alaska<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> At the same time, he once again emphasized that the meeting in Alaska is &#8220;pure theater for Putin&#8221; to buy time for business negotiations and not introduce new sanctions.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It was very important for Putin, because we all understand that the Russian economy is in a disaster. He is trying to ensure that not only are sanctions not added, but some of them are also lifted. This is one of the reasons why this meeting was important to him and why there was a lot of business there. And Trump also had his own problems. He wants America to forget how he sends the military to clean the roads in Washington. Therefore, for two dictators &#8211; one in Russia, the other in America &#8211; it was a pure spectacle to buy time and continue doing what they are doing,&#8221; the American businessman believes.<\/p>\n<p> He also reported that Donald Trump was very unhappy with this meeting because he wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and Putin is not letting him do that.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I have people who are very close to Trump, and I talked to them. He was very unhappy. Trump is trying to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He doesn&#8217;t care about people, he cares about the prestige of getting this prize&#8230; And he&#8217;s doing everything he can to get Putin to give him this victory, even if it&#8217;s not a real victory. However, he can&#8217;t get it from Putin, because Putin has one stupid thing in his head &#8211; to bomb, destroy and do what he does,&#8221; explains Lev Parnas, an advisor to the former mayor of New York.<\/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 Alaska meeting was just a resolution for the US and Russian presidents. Thus, Vladimir Putin is trying to avoid further sanctions or even their lifting, as well as buy time for business negotiations, while Donald Trump still hopes to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This opinion was expressed on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1281018,"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-1281061","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\/1281061","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=1281061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1281018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}