There is a hypothetical alternative version of the 12-minute joint press conference between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump where the leaders announced they had in fact reached an agreement and it was one that bargained away parts of a country not permitted entry to the negotiating room.
It was what Volodymyr Zelenskyy had feared and what made the world nervous as Putin was welcomed to US soil with a red carpet and a ride in the presidential limousine.
Donald Trump may have been outplayed in Alaska, but let's remember Vladimir Putin is the problemBy Emily Clark