So Trump has invited Putin to Alaska, so they can calmly discuss the butchery of sovereign countries like gentlemen. Trump has never met a dictator he didn't like, and for this one has rolled out the red carpet and furled the white flag. He applauded Putin's entrance, shook his hand warmly, clasped him on the elbow, and all but begged for his autograph. It was nauseating. 

Is this how you treat a monstrous dictator? 

 Compare this with how he treated Zelensky. 

In Trump's world, only strong men are worthy of respect. So of course, he will cow tow to the bullies, and do all he can to placate the prerogatives of power. No harsh words for the aggressor, no words of support for the victim; only pathetic grovelling. For these two, working for "peace" means convincing the Ukrainians to give it up and pack it in. Obstacles on the road to peace are Ukrainians who insist on surviving.   Ukrainians are preventing both men from getting what they want - conquest for Putin, a Nobel Peace Prize for Trump - and they are the problem these men will will attempt to amicably solve. 

Munich? Molotov Ribbentrop? Choose which analogy you like. Once again, evil men are deciding the fate of the world, and we're all to blame.