It’s midnight (EDT) on the big day, and there’s nothing new to report . . . just a lot of anxiety about the outcome of today’s historic meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on U.S. soil.

The Kremlin’s proposed agenda calls for a one-on-one sit-down between the two leaders with only their interpreters present, followed by a luncheon meeting to include the respective aides from both sides, and concluding with a press conference. I haven’t seen any indication of a scheduled start time; but since it’s four hours earlier in Anchorage than here on the east coast of the “lower 48,” and there won’t be anything to report until the sessions are concluded, there doesn’t seem to be any need for me to set my alarm for an unspeakably early hour (which in my upside-down world is any time before noon).

But once I’m conscious, I’ll be following the updates as they arrive, with fingers crossed for some sort of meaningful progress.

Until then, спокойной ночи . . . “peaceful night.”

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
8/15/25 – 12:00 midnight