Donald Trump was not. When the leaders of Russia and the United States shook hands on stage after failing to reach a deal at their Alaska summit, President Trump had a look on his face that his four predecessors might have recognized after their own encounters with the former KGB agent who has defied the world in his determination to rebuild an empire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of 'complicating' efforts to end the war by refusing a ceasefire as he prepares to meet Donald Trump.

Trump's statement that a peace agreement should be reached before a ceasefire appears to indicate Trump's thinking is "shifting towards Putin", an approach that would allow Moscow to keep fighting wh...