Not even the right-wing conservative Fox news presenter Laura Ingraham, who quickly hurried to the President. She wrote on X: “Anyone who claims that the meeting between Trump and Putin was a failure is ignorant, biased or both.” Because dealing with the Russians and creating peace requires “strength, knowledge, respect and patience,” said Ingraham. “And that’s exactly what we experienced at Donald Trump today. That was a step forward.”
Trump obviously also had a need for self -explanation beyond the press appearance with Putin. So immediately after his departure, he gave an exclusive interview with his inclined court rapporteur, the Fox news presenter Sean Hannity. But instead of getting air, Trump confirmed the image of himself as President, who is only too happy to be reinforced by Putin.
In the interview, Trump told Putin and his criticism of postal voting in the United States. The Russian president confirmed his warning from the “manipulated elections” and told him that he would have lost bidges only because of this. Putin also praised him because of his great office. The Russian president assured him: “I have never seen someone who has achieved so much in such a short time.” The United States was “hot as a pistol” today, Putin still thought a year ago that the country was virtually dead under bidges.
On the other hand, Trump remained striking about the actual arguments with Putin, who all interested parties are interested on this day. On Hannity’s demand whether he did not want to call the “big topic” that has remained open between the two, he only replies: “No, rather not.” Instead of creating clarity, the conversation at Fox News was more likely to increase the impression that Trump Putin left the sovereignty of interpretation for the results. Trump’s hints about a possible meeting of Putin and the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj also remained vague. According to Trump, the Europeans should “play a bit a role”.
The American Princeton professor and expert in international politics, Kim L. Scheppele, said T-Online after the summit: “I am relieved that nothing was achieved. There was no preparations on the US side.” She has been afraid that Putin was prepared and could impose something from the completely ignorant Trump. “In view of the fact that this is possible, this is the best result,” said Scheppele.
