Putin's Imaginary Mortal Combat Between the United States and Russia

The only mobilizing idea large enough to fit sort of the superpower ambitions left over from the Soviet Union is the idea of conflict with the United States. Putin has absolutely no interest in having that conflict diffused because his entire politics are constructed around that conflict. So let's we have this summit or this meeting coming up between Trump and Putin. Let's say that is yet another instance of just happy talk between the two leaders. How will Putin represent that internally to Russia?