Joe Parkinson

And that summit ended early.

What the Europeans had to do after that summit was quickly try to reach out to Trump himself beyond Wyckoff in order to be able to convince him of their talking points.

And you'll remember that spectacle of the European leaders sat in the Oval Office facing Trump as they tried to argue their case.

That was one moment where things seemed to move back

a little bit more towards the place where the Europeans and the Ukrainians were comfortable.

But what we learned was that in the background, Wyckoff and Dmitriev were still in touch, were talking a lot.

And ultimately, they had obviously got to a point at which they were ready to meet in Miami.

And the 28-point plan was what came of that meeting.

These negotiations really are never what they seem.

There's always a hidden layer underneath.

And there's such a paradox at the heart of this here because Putin for a long time clearly saw America as his greatest enemy.

It's the country on which Russia tends to define its foreign policy and define a lot of its objectives against.

And yet now I think Putin can see a generational opportunity not just to realign Russia, but to potentially divide the old Western alliance, to divide America from Europe.

Maybe it really will be transformational.