Allow me to set the scene for you. I have a daily ritual of going to a sauna for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes in a whirlpool steam sauna. There is a litany of reasons why a sauna will improve your general health. Frequent use of saunas can improve your cardiovascular health, reduce joint pain, detoxify impurities in your body, and improve your lifespan.

The only problem that I have with sauna use is that I’m doing it in my 80s. I should have started it when I was 20. Regardless, I’m glad that I am involved in it now. Last Friday, I hurried back from the sauna at Southlake YMCA. I wanted to be back in time to hear whether Trump got a ceasefire in Ukraine, and if he did, whether Zelenskyy, Putin, and Trump would have a second meeting within a couple of days.

Whenever I returned from my sauna, I would take a shower and then change into clean clothes. I went to my bedroom, turned on the TV, and started to get ready for a shower. As luck would have it, Trump and Putin haven’t begun their press conference. All that was on TV was the empty stage and two podiums.

The empty stage

However, reporters were speculating about the deal that Trump might have made with Putin regarding a ceasefire in Ukraine. If I were writing a screenplay for a great movie, this scene would be of waiting for Trump to announce that he had successfully made a deal with Putin. Trump has the ability and understanding of the art of the deal. After all, he wrote the book, The Art of the Deal. My great movie would reflect the excitement of the reporters.

There I sat with some of my clothes off, getting ready for a quick shower. However, the moment mesmerized me. I didn’t want to spend less than five minutes showering and return to discover that I missed the announcement of a ceasefire and the scheduling of the next meeting in a couple of days with Zelenskyy.

So, I just sat there impatiently waiting for the moment for what seemed like an hour. Finally, Trump and Putin entered the press conference room. As the saying goes, everyone waited with bated breath to hear the announcement from Trump.

Trump deferred to Putin, who went first. Putin started with what seemed like a boring mix of a travel log and a history of Alaska, which took nearly ten minutes. Hello. He was to report on the ceasefire, which was the reason for the meeting with Trump.

Finally, Trump’s speech at the press conference was two minutes long, and most of it was about thanking his staff. What had the staff done? Nothing. There was no ceasefire announced. They were looking into another meeting sometime in the future.

When the deal-maker finished saying nothing. Putin and Trump left the stage of the press conference without taking any questions from a large number of reporters waiting with their countless questions.

When the discussion between Trump and Putin over the ceasefire got nowhere, our TACO leader chickened out. Our courageous leader caved to a second-rate dictator.

For a moment, let's go back to a video of both leaders disembarking from their airplanes in Alaska. Compare the two leaders walking down the passenger stairs from their respective planes.

The camera then moves to Trump walking and wandering along the red carpet.

Who is in charge of this meeting? Look at the two red carpets.

My carpet is bigger than yours.

Trump talks the talk, but will chicken out when it comes to making the deal—hail to our TACO president.

I’m bigger than you.

Was this meeting with Putin intended to be a distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein controversy? If so, Trump would rather look like the village idiot than have everyone demanding that all the Epstein files be released.