From a political blogger in Malaysia:

The Trump - Putin Summit

Trump wants to get out of the Middle East. Russia is now the dominant power in the Middle East. Russia is playing a very careful balancing game - with peace being their ultimate offer. (The Russians are not interested in endless wars. Putin's policy is that weapons manufacturing in Russia must remain with State owned enterprises. There is no privately owned military industrial complex in Russia - unlike America. This is a powerful damper on the policy of endless shedding of human blood which is native to the US and UK.)

The Russian presence in Syria has defeated the US - Saudi - Qatar sponsored ISIS. Now the US risks another Vietnam type involvement in Syria. Iraq is no different. Or Libya and Yemen. The US is being sucked into another endless quagmire.

Putin's Russia is perhaps the only country with good relations with all parties in the Middle East starting from the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, the Palestinians. Jordan and many more.

The road to peace in the Middle East now runs through Moscow. The Russians are behind ceasefires and peace. Trump wants peace too. He can build hotels and resorts, for example. Hence the Trump - Putin Summit.

https://syedsoutsidethebox.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-trump-putin-summit.html