Trump spoke for only 3.3 minutes in Alaska press conference. Is it a bad sign?

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had a "constructive" meeting in Alaska on August 15. The Russian president, while speaking at the press conference, said that he has agreed upon a deal with the US president. But, none of the leaders gave details on what the deal was. The summit lasted for almost three hours. The press conference after the summit lasted for only 12 minutes. What was most unbelievable thing was that Trump spoke for only 3.3 minutes during the conference.

'There’s no deal until there’s a deal'

Although, none of the presidents took any questions from the press present there, the American leader said, “I believe we had a very productive meeting,” he said. “There were many, many points that we agreed on … There’s no deal until there’s a deal. I will call up Nato … I’ll of course call up President Zelenskyy and tell him about today’s meeting … We really made some great progress.”

He added: “I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with President Putin – with Vladimir … We were interfered with by the ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ hoax.”

'Security of Ukraine must be ensured, but...'

Putin said in the conference that he has reached an agreement with the American president. Taking a dig at the Ukrainian president, Putin said he hoped that leaders in Kyiv “won’t throw a wrench” into the process of bringing the war to an end. Although he offered no details on the agreement, he claimed Russia-US has agreed upon.

The Russian president said that the security of Ukraine must be ensured, and his country is ready to do so. But, Putin said, the root cause of the war "must be taken into account" as well. "Our country is sincerely interested in putting an end to the conflict in Ukraine," Putin said.

'I won't be happy if...'

While he was en route to the summit, Trump has told Fox News that he would not be very happy if a ceasefire deal was not reached in the Alaska summit.

“So when you talk about deals, it’s all I do my whole life, I do deals, you never know, you don’t like to have too many expectations”, Trump told Baier in an interview recorded on Air Force One that was broadcast on Friday. “But we’re going to go and find out. I’d like to see a ceasefire. I wouldn’t be thrilled if I didn’t get it, but everyone says, ‘You’re not going to get the ceasefire, it’ll take place on the second meeting’, but I’m not going to be happy with that”.

“I won’t be happy if I walk away without some form of a ceasefire”, Trump said.