All of this kabuki theater with Trumpf's two special envoys, the "threats," submarines deploying closer to Russia et etc etc was to give Trumpf the excuse to personally meet one-on-one with his handler, Vladimir Putin. Things can't be easy for Trumpf as the FBI, Ghislaine Maxwell, the Kremlin, and most likely the Mossad have damaging kompramat (sexual and financial) on him.

And which country will let the ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin in for the imminent summit?