He rolled out the red carpet for an indicted war criminal and all Trump got was an invitation to Moscow
Putin humiliated Trump and failed to agree to a ceasefire. Now the US president has to sell that to his allies, explains World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley
The backslapping bonhomie that started the day vanished into the stormy sulk and red glower from Donald Trump across a podium from Vladimir Putin who still glowed with success. The Alaskan summit was a humiliation for Trump.
His hopes of winning a Nobel Peace Prize didn’t crystallise in this meeting of superpowers dissolved. Even the key word of the whole farrago – “ceasefire” – had vanished.


