President Donald Trump left the world hanging announcing no details and answering no questions about his ‘extremely productive meeting’ with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the future of Ukraine.

After nearly three hours behind closed doors in Alaska, the ‘Don and Vlad’ show ended without a big finale.

What was clear was that there was no immediate ceasefire or peace deal to end the Ukraine war out of Friday’s Anchorage, Alaska talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

‘We didn’t get there,’ Trump acknowledged, ‘but we have a very good chance of getting there.’

In a strange move, Trump allowed Putin to speak first – at what had been billed as a bilateral press conference – and then didn’t answer a single question before shaking hands with Putin again and sauntering offstage.

Putin spoke first, and seemed the happier, jauntily inviting Trump to Moscow for another meeting. He and Trump had reached an ‘understanding,’ Putin said, as he ominously warned Europe not to ‘torpedo the nascent progress.’

Trump called the summit ‘very productive’ but said there were a ‘couple of quite big’ issues not agreed. He later seemed more optimistic and rated it ’10/10.’

Their whole appearance before the press lasted just 12 minutes following more than three hours of private conversation.