For just a few days, there was an illusion of real momentum arising from the Trump Putin Summit in Alaska, and the Zelensky Europeans meeting with Trump in the Oval Office. But very quickly, reality is reasserting itself. All the concessions that Trump and his envoy Steve Witkoff believed they had gotten from Putin in Anchorage are dropping one after the other. No, Putin doesn't want to meet Zelensky. No, they haven't adapted their territory demands. No, they haven't agreed to robust security guarantees for Ukraine. And with their most recent statement on the latter, it is impossible to ignore that the Russians are just laughing at Trump's amateur-hour efforts at peace. Let's discuss.