To: Bonefish who wrote (1552793 ) 8/16/2025 10:38:25 AM From: Mongo2116 4 RecommendationsRecommended By
Respond to I must admit: Trump managed to underperform even my lowest expectations. I didn’t think he could let himself be humiliated this badly. Normally, before staging a summit, you’d expect at least a token outcome, something to sell as a victory. Not this time. What we saw was a flustered Trump retreating into his usual blatant lies. He even told Fox News the meeting was “10 out of 10”—a statement so absurd it bordered on self-parody. The spectacle was pitiful: Trump clapping for Putin on the tarmac as if he were a hero, then inviting him to sit in the presidential limousine—a gesture without precedent, and without dignity. All this while he treats a democratic leader like Zelensky with disdain, dismissing him as someone who “doesn’t have the cards.” It perfectly reveals Trump’s mindset: contempt for democratic allies, deference to dictators. Putin, a KGB man to the core, knows how to exploit these weaknesses. His craft is manipulation, psychology as a weapon. And with Trump he barely has to try. A couple of flattering lies—“If Trump had been president, Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine,” or “Trump won the 2020 election against Biden.” Lies so crude they amount to insults. But Putin knows they work. It’s like tossing a fish to a trained seal: Trump claps on command. The summit itself produced nothing: no cease-fire, no step toward peace, no breakthrough of any kind. Yet for Putin it was a triumph. He got the stage he wanted—welcomed with applause and respect by the President of the United States, photographed as an equal, treated better than a NATO ally. Trump once again proved what he is: shallow, hollow, devoid of values. The principles of the Enlightenment, individual liberty, human rights, the very core of Western ideals mean nothing to him. He cares only about himself. A malignant narcissist addicted to applause, dressing up his emptiness in a suit and tie. Putin, on the other hand, embodies the KGB legacy of manipulation and ruthless power. In Anchorage, he showed it again—using Trump as a prop, draining him of substance, and walking away without conceding a thing. The world saw an America diminished, led by a man who humiliates friends and bows to enemies. That applause for Putin will remain as the symbol of Trump’s political and moral bankruptcy.
