Then I guess Putin, who proposed the meeting, is an ignoramus.
And don’t tell me what never happens. Trump breaks those rules every day.
Zelensky has already traveled there for the meeting, at Trump’s request.
So your little lecture is absolutely meaningless.
Did Truman or Eisenhower ever personally attend the Korean peace negotiations?
How about Nixon and Ho Chi Minh? Nope, neither ever showed up at the Paris Peace talks. Negotiations were led by Kissinger and Le Duc Tho.
Zelensky foolishly painted himself into a corner with his silly law banning negotiations with Russia, which he now claims does not apply to him and only him (because he’s Special).
Putin offered “direct talks” between the two sides. That means representatives of each side meet without going through a third party. It does not mean heads of state meet face to face.