--- title: "Will the Putin/Trump Summit resolve the Russia/Ukraine Conflict?" type: "post" post_id: "10920" slug: "will-the-putin-trump-summit-resolve-the-russia-ukraine-conflict" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/08/16/will-the-putin-trump-summit-resolve-the-russia-ukraine-conflict/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/08/16/will-the-putin-trump-summit-resolve-the-russia-ukraine-conflict.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/08/16/will-the-putin-trump-summit-resolve-the-russia-ukraine-conflict.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/08/16/will-the-putin-trump-summit-resolve-the-russia-ukraine-conflict.txt" published: "2025-08-16T20:25:59+00:00" modified: "2025-08-16T20:25:59+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Canada" - "Russia" - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- [**After the Putin/Trump Summit- updating** ](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/16/world/trump-putin-meeting-alaska) **Canada?** > Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada praised President Trump for ***“creating the opportunity to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine,”*** and agreeing to provide security guarantees to Ukraine after a peace deal. He also said **Canada would intensify its support for Ukraine and is working closely with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. His statement aligned with much of Europe’s response to the Alaska summit,** cautiously avoiding contradicting Trump’s decision to prioritize a sweeping peace deal over an immediate cease-fire, while showing firm support of Ukraine **Baltic and Nordic States will continue to arm Ukraine** > **Baltic and Nordic countries, including NATO’s newest members, Finland and Sweden, declared in a unified statement on Saturday that they would continue to arm Ukraine and bolster their own defenses in the face of Russian aggression.** [**Europe moves to back Ukraine after Trump drops cease-fire demand.**](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/16/world/trump-putin-meeting-alaska#europe-moves-to-back-ukraine-after-trump-drops-cease-fire-demand) > **Much of Europe moved on Saturday to back Ukraine after President Trump abandoned their joint demand for a cease-fire, but the leaders treaded carefully to not openly contradict Mr. Trump as he aligned himself with Russia’s vision of ending the war.** > > In a [joint statement](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/08/16/statement-by-president-macron-prime-minister-meloni-chancellor-merz-prime-minister-starmer-president-stubb-prime-minister-tusk-president-costa-president-von-der-leyen/) released after Mr. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met in Alaska, European leaders welcomed Mr. Trump’s efforts to stop the war and his declaration that America would offer future security guarantees after a peace deal. **Putin convenes top officials** > **Upon his return to Moscow, Putin convened top Russian officials at the Kremlin to brief them in televised remarks about the meeting in Alaska.** He said his conversation with President Trump had been “very frank and informative,” adding that it brought Russia and the United States “closer to the necessary decisions” to end the war in Ukraine **As much as one can see benefits in the meeting in Alaska taking place- Particularly in the public relations aspect. For both nations. Which might make a difference? Or not. Because this can also be seen as solely an exercise in that same PR with no real sincerity. The US will happily sell arms to the EU/Baltic nations. They set up the PURL mechanism to do exactly that.** **The US has demanded all NATO partners increase military spending** > [US, NATO develop funding mechanism (PURL) for Ukraine weapons transfers??](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/08/02/us-nato-develop-funding-mechanism-purl-for-ukraine-weapons-transfers/) **So the question is, what is the real value in the meeting? Keeping in mind war makes money. [And America’s best business is arms making.](https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/arms_exports/)** **If you check the link above you can see that America exports more arms globally- then the 13 nations combined that follow** **(2022 data)** **Something Trump never mentions when he talks about tariffs.**. **Lastly Glenn Diesen interviews Michael von der Schulenburg. He believes the meeting was a game changer** **I’m less confident this is a game changer. How about you?**