I'm skipping a lot of posts so it's possible this has been brought up already, but a lot of people (including people in this thread) seem to be missing a greater point in the Trump-Putin meeting.
First off, it was in Alaska. He literally met Putin halfway.
Secondly, and more importantly, it's a signal of a return to a multi-polar world order. The rest of the West was not involved in the decision to hold this meeting. Foreign governments were not consulted, the meeting was not on neutral ground. This ignored everyone else in the world and demonstrated quite vividly that The US and Russia remain the only two true superpowers on the map today.
Thirdly, the meeting became a three-on-three:
- U.S. side: President Trump, joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
- Russian side: President Putin, accompanied by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and advisor Yury Ushakov
This turned it from a 'meeting' into a de facto summit.
Trump and Putin rode in the same car.
Trump flew a B-2 Spirit directly over Putin's head.
Any of these facts on their own would be intriguing, but not huge.
All of it together paints a singular picture: the rules of global governance are being rewritten in real-time, and Europe does not have a seat at the table.