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The Alaska summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders showcased their mutual animosity for the former president.
President Donald Trump said progress had been made in Friday's Alaska summit with the Russian leader, but no deal on peace in Ukraine has been reached.
The highly anticipated summit ended without a breakthrough. Afterwards, Trump said Ukraine and Russia should proceed straight to seeking a full peace deal instead of a cease-fire.
The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.
Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time," reacted to the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday with his panel, calling it a "zombie lie" that President Donald Trump is a Putin ally. Panelist Walter Kirk argued that Putin looked like Trump's caddy and dismissed the idea that Trump is a Russian agent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin got everything he could have hoped for in Alaska. President Donald Trump got very little — judging by his own pre-summit metrics.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss 'ending the war' with President Donald Trump
Ukrainians in Kyiv have been shocked by the U.S. welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin with a red carpet in Alaska.