President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska was an orchestrated farce from the beginning — a publicity stunt. Neither world leader had any expectation or intention of ending the war in Ukraine, any more than Netanyahu or Hamas have wanted to end hostilities in Gaza during the dozens of negotiations they have entered.

Illegitimate leaders want illegitimate wars to continue indefinitely because war glorifies leaders politically, and periodic negotiations convince gullible citizens that the conflict is on the brink of ending.

Trump wanted to salvage some of the credibility he lost by promising to end the Ukraine war on “Day 1.” Putin wanted to drum up capitalist investment in his country to save it from its horribly declining economy.

They won. The peop

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