Why Trump's Putin call was a total bust

So President Trump finally held his call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. And for all his advance pronouncements that they would be carving up the assets of Ukraine in this call, it seems as though they got nowhere close. Instead, as the read-outs show, Putin agreed to nothing that Trump wanted him to do - at least with regard to Ukraine - and yet they still came out of it saying it had been a great call, and with Trump clinging to the barest figleaf he could call a win. So what now? Let's discuss.