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3. Trump meets with Zelensky as Russia-Ukraine conflict continues 

Trump also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office Tuesday, as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is well into its fifth year.

Much like his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader wasn't open to the public. In a post on Truth Social Tuesday, Trump shared both a color photo and a black-and-white image of the two leaders together as he reflected on the “Great Honor” he had of meeting with the Ukrainian leader. 

“The meeting went very well!” he wrote. “Many things were discussed.”

In an X post summarizing the meeting, Zelensky said, “The President and I discussed licenses for Patriot interceptor production and several other ideas that could help” in addition to talking about “the diplomatic process.”

As was the case with Netanyahu, Zelensky’s trip to the U.S. was not limited to a meeting with Trump. 

Zelensky also met with over 60 members of the Senate and paid tribute to Graham by attending his memorial service. “We had met quite recently, and it is very symbolic that Senator Graham’s last foreign trip was a visit to Kyiv.”

As he discussed his meeting with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Zelensky acknowledged that “the Senate held a procedural vote on a bill imposing sanctions against Russia that [Graham] had worked so hard on” and expressed gratitude that “86 senators supported the bill.”