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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent

All smoke but no fire as Zelenskyy emerges unbruised after Trump meet

two men speak with each other while seated
Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Donald Trump in the White House on Monday. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

If there was a sign that Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t going to be immediately voted off the island of the Donald Trump diplomacy show, it came early on when a familiar voice commended his choice of attire.

“President Zelenskyy, you look fabulous in that suit,” said Brian Glenn, a pro-Trump pundit and member of the White House press corps, who had attacked him for wearing military fatigues during the infamous Oval Office meeting in February. “I said the same thing,” Trump added.

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