Michael Cohen - The Alaska Summit: Praise Over Peace

The world witnessed something deeply unsettling yesterday in Alaska, where President Trump sat down with Vladimir Putin. What unfolded wasn’t diplomacy, it wasn’t negotiation; it was something far more dangerous. It was psychological manipulation, wrapped neatly in flattery.

Here’s the truth: with Trump, flattery is a lever. It always has been. His need for validation — something I know all too well from my years working beside him — is an open door for anyone willing to walk through it. And yesterday, Putin did just that, brilliantly.

Trump came out of the meeting telling anyone who would listen that Putin assured him the 2020 election was stolen. According to Trump, Putin insisted he was the rightful winner, and he criticized America’s use of mail-in ballots, claiming that no other country allows them. But let’s ask the obvious question: what does the 2020 election have to do with this summit? What does it have to do with the ongoing war in Ukraine — with the deaths Trump so frequently mentions when describing the toll of the conflict? The answer is simple: nothing. Absolutely nothing.

And yet, it became the centerpiece of their exchange. Instead of a hard, necessary discussion about war and peace, the meeting veered into grievance politics and self-validation. It was a summit hijacked by ego, not guided by substance.

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