Press voices for the Putin Trump meeting: “Shamedring. And ultimately useless”

In the end it was mainly a photo shoot: US President Donald Trump and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin diligently shook hands, walked together over the red carpet and gave a press conference after their meeting-without having to share specific results.

Most of the press questions left them unanswered. The newspapers from all over the world were not long in coming with the cups of the summit in Alaska.

“New York Times” (USA): “In fact, it is difficult to imagine that from the perspective of the Russian President, who was not publicly committed to the adjustment of his attack on Ukraine and yet as an estimated friend, an event could have been better. Trump did not blame Putin for the beginning of the brutal war and left the hall without mentioning the sanctions that he had only threatened hours earlier in the event of a no-deal.”

“The Independent “(Great Britain): “Despite the excitement around the first summit between the USA and Russia since 2021 – and the first between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for seven years – it was clear that the meeting in Alaska would never lead to a ‘deal’ in the sense of a detailed contract that regulates questions of sovereignty, limits, security guarantees, prisoners, kidnapped civilians, raw material rights and much more. “

“Neue Zürcher Zeitung “(Switzerland): “Basically, the modest result of the summit is not surprising. The Russian Foreign Minister Lavrow made the attitude of his country clear when he arrived in Anchorage with a fashionable statement: he was wearing a shirt with the Kyrillic abbreviation for ‘USSR’. It is no secret that the decay of the Soviet Union for (Kremlin chief Wladimir) Putin was a big catastrophe and he was The old empire prefers to rise again.

“El País “(Spain): “The summit will go down in history, but not the way Trump’s white house had hoped for. It will be remembered as the demise of amateur -like diplomacy that Trump’s corrupt nepotism has established in the government. “

“La Repubblica” (Italy): “The former KGB agent (Putin) put it in (Trump). He got the victory of relaxation in international relationships and even treated himself to the fun of mocking him by inviting him to Moscow for the next time, probably gaining enough time to continue the war to the military defeat of (the Ukrainian head of Wolodymyr) Selenskyj.”

“Kyiv Independent” (Ukraine): “Disgusting. Shasting. And ultimately useless. These were the words that occurred to us when we pursued the Alaska summit. On our screens, a bloodstained dictator and war criminal in the country of freedom was welcomed-while his attack drones were headed for by our cities.”

“De tijd” (Belgium): “Europe has to work for Ukraine without restriction and must not be pushed into the corner. Otherwise we run the risk of being the victims if a bad deal is negotiated across our heads.”

Note: This article has been updated and further pressing votes added.