Rubio and Lavrov in phone chat get-together

For nearly three years there was almost no communication between Washington and Moscow. Now it's becoming a regular ocurrence. Trump talks to Putin, Marco Rubio chats to Sergey Lavrov, his counterpart, Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy, meets up with Putin. It's all going on and one can only hope that out of all this communication something will emerge which will benefit mankind, as well as the Ukainian people. It's a big hope which right now looks unrealistic. But you never know, it might make all the difference just for the fact that the two adversaries are actually talking to each other. Even better, if they get on and get friendly, then good things might materialise. The bugbear is not Trump but Putin. The Russian leader has been around so long that he knows all the tricks. He knows that if he plays along he will probably get what he wants in the end. Trump wants quick action to end the war in Ukraine for starters and it's in Putin's hands to deliver. But it looks like it's going to taken a helluva lot more phone chats and meetings before this is going to happen. In fact it will only really be when Trump and Putin meet for a summit that a deal might be brokered. It all seems pie-in-the-sky at the moment becusue Putin is not budging from his position of wanting Ukraine neutralised, demilitarised and without any form of US or Nato security backing. But you never know. Trump claims to be the world's best dealer. This is his biggest challenge.