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Mansur Mirovalev

‘Feeding a narcissist:’ Ukraine reflects on Trump-Putin summit

US President Donald Trump, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on August 15, 2025 [Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

Kyiv, Ukraine – The Alaska summit between United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was a masterclass in how a former intelligence officer uses his skills of manipulation on a self-centred narcissist.

That’s the impression a Kyiv-based political analyst who has closely followed the war with Russia got, they told Al Jazeera, after watching the interaction between Trump and Putin during their summit on Friday, which broke no ground in stopping Europe’s hottest war since 1945.

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