President Donald Trump’s top negotiator in Ukraine appeared like a deer in headlights discussing what the president had achieved in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff insisted his boss made “progress” achieving peace during the summit, though acknowledged that what Trump fell short of the ceasefire that he had promised before the meeting.
“Maybe not enough for a peace deal, but we’re on the path for the first time,” Witkoff said on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday.
Witkoff said Russia has agreed to “legislative enshrinement in the Russian Federation” not to go after European countries and violate their sovereignty before claiming cryptically that the failure to arrive at a ceasefire at the Alaska summit