There were only two possible outcomes of the ill-advised Alaska summit: a bad deal or no deal. For the moment, the Ukrainians, our NATO allies, and our diplomatic bureaucracy hold enough sway with Trump to keep him, not just from giving the store away, but forcing Zelensky to surrender.
The optics of the meeting were awful, however. There is every reason to believe that Trump really wants to make the bad deal and move on–just not right at this moment.