A lot of what President Donald Trump has said and done doesn't add up since he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska, according to two analysts.
Following the summit, the Trump administration announced several provisions for Ukraine as a way to end the war with Russia. Those apparent understandings were quickly undercut by Putin's spokespeople, who denied that any agreement had been reached. Trump also left the meeting saying that an immediate ceasefire wasn't necessary to end the war, despite commenting beforehand that he would demand the fighting end.
Analysts Josh Rogin of The Washington Post and political commentator Bakari Sellers joined CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" to discuss the summit. Monday.
Rogin pointed out that Trump's flip-flopping since the summit has put a lot of world leaders in an awkward position.
"He thinks Putin really wants peace, and he's wrong," Rogin said. "And he's the president of the United States, and that's a huge problem because all of these European leaders have to pretend he's not wrong when he's wrong. That's the crazy conundrum that we're in. That's how we got into this mess."
"It's bizarre, and really bad," Rogin added.
The analyst also noted that people like Steve Witkoff, who are working on the Ukraine deal, also don't appear to have a grasp of the situation they are in.
"The fact that we have a president who believes Putin's promises...an envoy who doesn't understand that the Russian parliament is a rubber-stamp parliament, that's bizarre!" Rogin noted.
