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Perhaps Brownsville's MAGA faction is proud of Trump's effort in his Alaska meeting with Vlad Putin, but no deal was reached, not on Day One nor on Day 207, as the summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska ended without an agreement.  Putin just gets more time to plunder and kill in Ukraine.

Trump had promised he'd walk out of the talks if Putin wasn't "serious," but rolled out the red carpet for the savage dictator while thoroughly kissing his ass.

“We didn’t get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there,” Trump told reporters after the talks, describing them as “extremely productive” even as he admitted that no progress had been made on a ceasefire. Trump said he found Putin's idea of holding the next talks in Moscow "interesting."

So, Putin avoids increased U.S. sanctions, instead getting a very warm reception from a President who talks tough but acts weak.

Evelyn Farkas, of the McCain Institute and a former senior Pentagon official, said Putin had achieved his goal of stalling. “Unfortunately, I don’t think we made any progress at all,” she said. “President Trump literally rolled out a red carpet for a war criminal. That weakens the U.S., Europe, Ukraine, and the international order.”

Farkis continued: “The Ukrainian people have been very clear that they want their own sovereignty. Under international law, they have the right to that. Putin is challenging not just Ukraine, but the entire post–World War II system that was designed to prevent great wars.”

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy understands that, while nothing was accomplished, it could have been worse.  Trump and Putin could have announced a settlement pressuring the Ukraine leader into compliance. Instead, Zelenskyy now gets to meet with Trump along with leaders from Britain, France and Germany.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has raised the possibility of offering Ukraine “Article 5-like” security assurances, though he has stopped short of promising NATO membership or the full collective defense guarantees that come with it. Speaking about ongoing diplomatic discussions, Witkoff described the talks as a potential pathway toward stronger protection for Ukraine, but key details about how such guarantees would work remain absent.

Unlike NATO’s Article 5, which commits all alliance members to defend one another in the event of an attack, the assurances being floated do not represent a binding commitment from the United States or other NATO members. Instead, they are being positioned as an alternative framework aimed at addressing Russia’s longstanding opposition to Ukraine’s entry into the alliance.

According to CNN, Witkoff has also suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be open to concessions on territorial demands. However, no clear outline of what Moscow might be willing to yield has emerged, and Kyiv has repeatedly rejected the idea of ceding land in exchange for peace.

Even if an agreement on security guarantees is reached, uncertainty persists over enforcement and whether such measures would be strong enough to deter future Russian aggression.