Putin, Trump, and the Elusive “Peace”

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

At the August 15 Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin performed as expected. He desperately

wants an end to Western sanctions, détente with the U.S., and assurances that the U.S. will not impose a disastrous anti-Russian secondary boycott—and, apparently, some additional Ukrainian territory. Few critics of the administration address the unmentionables that likely account for the above general outlines of a settlement. There are some realities that serve as subtexts to any possible agreement that cannot be simply thought away.