ANALYSIS — It was one part diplomatic summit, one part emergency intervention. But President Donald Trump did not back down Monday when face-to-face with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and a group of European leaders.
There was no bickering between Trump and Zelenskyy this time in the Oval Office, as Zelenskyy repeatedly thanked his American counterpart for hosting the impromptu Western summit and pushing to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
Later, in a broader meeting with the European leaders, Trump was the lone Western leader to publicly mention “the possible exchanges of territory” — something Putin insisted on three days earlier.
