he was isolated. he has wanted this meeting for the last 18 months. he is now getting it, and that will begin his partial rehabilitation. he will sit down one-on-one with the most powerful man in the world, donald trump, and he will be treated as an equal. so much like the summit with kim jong-un, you know, there is an argument to be had that it's already 1-0, if you like, to vladimir putin. as we're watching these pictures of air force one, if we had a split screen we would see a few minutes ago vladimir putin finishing off an incredibly successful soccer world cup, which he hosted for the last month, which has been a global success story, and he will go from moscow, where the final was held today, to helsinki. so he will go off the back of that. it will be a summit, if you like, as much about symbol, as about substance.