The biggest news is that Putin and Trump met at Anchorage in Alaska. They apparently did not come to any resolution if four elements are taken into consideration. First there was the brevity of the conference: three hours instead of the planned six or seven. Secondly, Putin and Trump had a brief press conference that did not allow questions. This is usually taken to be a sign that little progress was made in the negotiations. Thirdly, and most importantly, Zelensky was not invited but his warnings regarding the faith to be put into Putin’s declarations sounded loud and clear. Zelensky’s warnings were probably taken too hard by many people: what looked like a warming relationship between Russia and the US did not go very far and could not. Or at least not yet, as Trump the RICO has made us expect. The fourth point is that the Ukraine hardly figured in the post conference conversations. Is it a sign that Putin and Trump made some “progress” on the issue of Ukraine? That is, Trump would be in the process of selling the national soul in return for access to precious minerals, rare earths, and the continuation of gas and oil contracts in Europe and especially in India. One must not forget that the main source of Russian capital for military expenditures in the war οn Ukraine is oil and minerals.