Putin won time, a postponement of sanctions, and gained an even greater dose of international legitimacy.Trump tried. Hopefully, he realized that even economic "bonuses" for his counterpart mean nothing, because in that man’s head there are only empire, Yalta-2, geopolitics, and a delusion of grandeur.Will Trump change his attitude toward Putin? Well, that is a question for psychologists. The first frames looked as if a teenage boy desperately longed for closeness, while the “courtesan” did sit in the back seat of the jeep, but from then on, nothing went according to plan. They even had to cancel the restaurant.In the end, the State Department had predicted with 75% certainty a similar failure of the negotiations.Will Trump now insist on intensifying a new meeting? Hard to say. To overcome the insult, time is needed. And some kind of asymmetric response. But what kind? Because Putin left Alaska with an obvious conclusion: no one will forbid him any time soon to keep killing Ukrainians, as he has done before.If my theory is correct, soon we will see a new game. This time between the U.S. and China.SourceAbout the author. Viktor Shlinchak, chairman of the board of the Institute of World PolicyThe editorial team does not always share the views expressed by blog authors.