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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, before a meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15.

Two men, a single maxim: It’s the land, stupid.

There, the similarities end. Donald Trump thinks of land in real estate terms. Vladimir Putin thinks of it in geopolitical terms.

That’s why, earlier this year, the U.S. President could conjure up a beachfront resort in Gaza , which he doesn’t control. And that’s why the Russian President is now demanding Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukrainian land he only partially controls.

There aren’t going to be Gaza Trump International resort beach bungalows any time soon, and probably never. But when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Mr. Trump in Washington

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