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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger Senior international correspondent

Zelenskyy faces daunting trip to the White House – but this time he won’t be alone

Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Sunday.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Sunday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make his second visit to the White House on Monday with the daunting task of reversing the damage done to Ukraine’s security prospects by Friday’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.

Zelenskyy will not, however, be alone as he was on his first trip to the White House in February when he was ambushed and humiliated by Donald Trump and the vice-president, JD Vance, who sought to bully him into capitulation to Moscow’s demands.

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