Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his much-anticipated return to the White House Monday for a do-over of his disastrous Oval Office meeting in February.
The sit-down took on a markedly different tone from Zelenskyy’s trip to Washington earlier this year, when a visibly angry Trump dressed the Ukrainian leader down in front of the world’s press and Vice President JD Vance insisted he say “thank you” for U.S. support in the country’s ongoing war with Russia.
When presented with a question Monday about who holds the better cards — a throwback to the president’s outburst during Zelenskyy’s last meeting — Trump notably did not take the bait, instead insisting that his only goal was to help the war-torn nation, whose people “have suffered incredibly.”