About "a priceless gift" for Putin and his "triumph in Alaska" writes "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung". "Trump in front of the full planet developed a red carpet in front of Putin's pariah and took it on American dirt as if a Russian had given him Crimea with its many land by the sea. The severe sanctions Trump had threatened Putin a short time ago, if he did not agree to the truce, there was no way," writes Berthold Kohler.
"A Priceless Gift for Putin"
"Putin can bomb and proceed to bomb Ukraine, which he did, sitting with Trump at the table and explaining that Russians and Ukrainians are 1 nation. (...) Putin has achieved what he intended: he has gained time to proceed the offensive that he is conducting, regardless of the loss," we read in the commentary.
Beautiful pictures from Alaska are for Putin "a priceless gift", from which others will besides enjoy the instigators of war," writes Kohler: "The Trump-organised gala for Putin is simply a terrible signal for the peace-loving world: you can attack another countries and take what you want; America will tolerate it if you promise her a good contract."
Trump – "who suffers from a mania of greatness and is profit-seeking, but blind to Putin's actual intentions and misunderstanding of America's strategical interests" – fell into a trap set by Putin like a "eating raccoon" – writes the commentator "FAZ".
“The winner is Vladimir Putin”
"It's actual that everything could have ended even worse. However, the gathering (in Alaska) means the appreciation of the Russian President, who has been waged a violent assault war for 3 years. Despite this, Ukraine has not died yet," writes Daniel Broessler in "Sueddeutsche Zeitung".
Both participants of the gathering at the summit are "masters of lies," the author stressed. "Everyone in their own way. Putin usually lies quietly and in a boring way, while Trump loudly and attractively" continues Broessler, pointing out that this time Donald Trump, contrary to his customs, approached the fact by saying "there is no deal until there is simply a deal".
This is good news – both participants did not seal the pact that would force Ukraine into a peace dictatorship, and Europe put before the fact made – reads the "SZ".
"Putin is patient, he can live with it. For him, Alaska's summit is besides an incredible triumph: a wanted and marked war criminal was accepted and complimented by the most powerful man in the world," writes a German journalist. Images from Anchorage must have been a nightmare not only for Ukrainians. The locality in Alaska will become past not as the second Yalta, but as a symbol of wickedness.
Europeans must admit that Trump has rejected suggestions to increase force on Russia. "Putin will proceed to execution and will not be punished by Trump with further sanctions," writes Broessler. That's what he thinks "a real disaster in Anchorage". Putin's war is "a cruel time game" that he can now continue.
Ukrainians have a chance to stay a free nation only if Europe continues to support them. The negotiations that will now take place are about ending the war and keeping Ukraine viable and defending. "You can't take Putin or a large triumph from Anchorage, or much of his prey. However, it can be prevented from achieving its strategical objective. The Alaska Summit did not change that," we read in the commentary conclusions in "Sueddeutsche Zeitung".
"A bitter day for Ukraine and Europe"
"Welcome to the red carpet by the clapping US president, a joint journey in an armored presidential limousine. As many honors as in Alaska on Friday, Putin's warlord late visited his friends in China and North Korea," concluded the gathering in Alaska capital "Tagespiegel".
"Putin did not go back a centimeter, let alone go across the street; the president of Russia despises Ukraine and the West and does not even hide it. erstwhile Putin agent knows how to get the sympathy of the callers, and Trump likes praise and compliments," writes Daniel Friedrich Sturm.
The announced "results" of the summit meetings are a "police, a dense blow to the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski, to Ukraine and Europe. Putin will proceed to bomb Ukraine. "Next time in Moscow," he said at the end of his speech. "These words sound not like hope, but alternatively like a threat," concludes Tagesspiegel commentator.
