Outcome of Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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One detail of President Trump’s meeting Monday with Volodymyr Zelensky drew particular notice: the Ukrainian president’s attire.Zelensky’s decision not to wear a suit at the two leaders’ February meeting in Washington sparked a testy exchange.
Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.
A summit in Paris six years ago was the first and only time the two presidents ever met, flanked by French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel. At the time, Putin and Zelensky were looking to hash out a ceasefire deal for war in Donbas in Ukraine’s east, where Russia-backed forces were fighting Ukrainian troops.
The Ukrainian president’s outfit during his visit to the White House Monday reflects a change in approach since his disastrous meeting with US President Trump earlier this year.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin are likely to sit down for a bilateral meeting within “two weeks,” according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The Russian president agreed to the summit during a phone call with US President Donald Trump,
Volodymyr Zelensky got his sartorial revenge at the White House, taking on reporter Brian Glenn, who has commented on his fashion choices before.
President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.
The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.
Volodymyr Zelensky presented Donald Trump with a golf club that once belonged to a Ukrainian soldier who lost his leg fighting in the war.