Trump Achieves Nothing, Rates His Meeting a 10.
👀 Trump rates his meeting with Putin today a “10”.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 16 August 2025 at 01:21
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Because Putin Stroked His Ego
Trump: I was very happy to hear him say if I was president that war would've never happened.
Trump: Vladimir said just a little while ago, I have never seen anybody do so much, so fast. He said your country is like hot as a pistol. And year ago he thought it was dead.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 16 August 2025 at 02:16
Fox News Reaction
Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 16 August 2025 at 00:32
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Fox News Calls It 'Really Stunning' That Putin Spoke First On US Soil
The Torygraph
The two leaders appeared on stage for just 12 minutes. There was no ceasefire and they did not take a single question.
"What the f--- was that?" one American journalist exclaimed. "Is that all?" Indeed, it was.
The first surprise of Mr Trump and Putin's post-summit press conference was that the Russian leader was the first to speak.
After the two men had taken their place behind their respective podiums, almost the entire room had their eyes fixed on Mr Trump, assuming that the US host would lead the conversation.So when Putin first opened his mouth, you could almost hear the sounds of heads whipping towards the Russian leader. Mr Trump eventually followed suit, and for the first time in his second term, spoke very briefly.
Security delays prompted outcry from some American journalists who were concerned that Russian reporters would get better seats at the briefing. "Can we make sure Americans are seated before the Russians?" one disgruntled journalist asked. "This is America, after all," another added.
My Nine Hours At Trump’s Bewildering Summit
