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'Significant lack of meaningful outcomes': Ines Pohl

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Ines Pohl
August 16, 2025

Trump's hesitant demeanor allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to overshadow the US president, says DW's Ines Pohl. The highly anticipated talks of the two presidents seem to have yielded little of substance.

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