According to the Financial Times (October 17th), the Anchorage summit between Vladimer Putin and Donald Trump was cut short (no lunch) by the US President who was furious because Putin spoke only about Russian history. One can imagine the dialogue:
Trump: “Vlad, we gone make a huge fortune in the Arctic,
Putin: “Prince Rurik, born 862-died 879, founded the Kyivan Rus dynasty, he is considered the founder of the Russian monarchy and…
Trump: I put 100bn dollars on the table to control the Arctic passage, and you?
Putin: Yaroslav the Wise, born 1019-died 1054, Grand Prince of Kiev, Novgorod and Rostov, promoter of Slavic tribes’ unity and Slavic literature, who was…
Trump: We’ll get the oil and the gas; we’ll make the Chinese boats pay to go through…
Putin: Bohdan Khmelnytski, 1596-1657, created an independent Cossack state allied with the Russian Tsardom, thus placing central Ukraine under Russian contr…
Trump, to his staff: I’ve had enough, let’s get out of here
His staff: and the lunch?
Trump: give it to the secret service
His staff: and for Russia?
Trump: Tomahawks
Putin’s staff, in his plane: Boss, you’re the best, you nailed him good, and for Ukraine?
Putin: let’s see, for tonight, 14 Shaheed, 12 missiles, 40 guided aerial bombs.