Like proud male birds dancing
for a female for the chance to reproduce, U.S. President Trump and Ukraine’s
Zelensky engaged in public posturing ahead of the negotiations set to take
place between Trump and Vlad the Impaler Putin of Russia in Alaska on August
15, 2025. For the public, to take the postures as real positions, set in stone,
would be nothing short of depraved naivete. Missing in action in all this
posturing was E.U. President Van der Leyen and the E.U.’s foreign minister.
Instead, the governors of two, albeit large, E.U. states were busy making
demands as if their respective political bases were more powerful than the E.U.
as a whole. In short, Van der Leyen missed an opportunity to join the dance of
posturing.
The full essay is at "Trump Meets Putin on Ukraine."
