Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky returned from a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House in Washington last February with a lot of bitterness. However, on Monday (August 18), he took a different strategy from the beginning to win over US leaders. According to a BBC report, Zelensky was reprimanded by Vice President JD Vance for not expressing enough gratitude for US assistance during the February meeting at the White House. However, a different picture was seen in this meeting. According to the report, the meeting between Trump and Zelensky on Monday lasted about half an hour. BBC journalist Tom Bateman was present there. He wrote in a live blog on the BBC website that the Ukrainian leader thanked Trump and the US administration six times in the first few minutes of the meeting. On the other hand, CNN says that Zelensky uttered the word ‘thank you’ at least four times in the first 10 seconds of his brief speech. Zelensky said, “Thank you for the invitation. Thank you very much for your personal efforts to stop the killing and stop this war. Thank you for taking advantage of this opportunity. And thank you very much to your wife.” Zelensky wore a dark-colored suit instead of military uniforms at this meeting. It is believed that he did this to please Trump. Because Trump was unhappy with his military uniform at the previous meeting. The two leaders also made light jokes about his outfit at yesterday’s meeting. Trump lightly joked, “You came dressed up today.” To attract Trump, Zelensky gave Trump a letter written by his own wife, Olena Zelensky. He asked him to deliver it to US First Lady Melania Trump. Zelensky handed the letter to Trump and said, “This is not for you, it is for your wife.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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