The summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in June was the warm-up act. Critics say that it achieved nothing, but actually it was an important trial balloon for Donald Trump. It showed that he can hug and kiss one of the world’s grisliest dictators, praise him, make concessions without getting anything in return and betray America’s allies – and yet his approval ratings in America will still go up and his supporters in the Republican Party will even embrace North Korea.

Now comes the main event. The date and place for the Trump-Putin summit have been set following a meeting in Moscow between Vladimir Putin and former neocon hawk John Bolton, Trump’s national security advisor. This time, unlike the North Korea summit, we should expect substantial results. After a year and a half in office Trump is finally ready to deliver what he promised all along: the end of global political and economic system based on respect for international law, historical Western Alliance and democratic values.