The summits are not endpoints. They are the mechanism by which two countries, which can neither resolve their differences nor afford to rupture them, manage the interval between crises.
Even as Washington may call and claim victory, notional or real, the global pain of the brash and so-called bold and illegal strikes will be real for years to come.
Trump behaves like a child who goes trick-or-treating at Halloween. People, including the Norwegian prime minister, don’t know whether to laugh or cry.