Two principals, two translators and no note takers. So Trump can spin the outcome with impunity. Already I've heard talk of a second meeting.
All this to keep the Epstein scandal below the fold.
Putin and Trump already have a lot in common. Putin governs by decree, knuckle under or fall out a window of a high rise building. Trump governs by executive order, which with a Republican majority in both houses of Congress and a compliant Supreme Court, is as good as a decree.