Zelenskiy Is Willing to Meet Trump Again, for Serious Talks
Presidents Zelenskiy and Trump with Vice President JD Vance looking on.
Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Good morning. Ukraine’s president is ready to try again with Donald Trump, but with something of a caveat. A tariff barrage is coming for the largest US trading partners. And Anora wins big at the Oscars. Listen to the day’s top stories.
Ready to try again. After Friday’s acrimonious Oval Office meeting, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he’s willing to meet Trump again, but only for a “serious” and “constructive” dialog. Trump’s team is yet to respond. As for the immediate fallout: Moscow seems to be reveling in the turn of events, Zelenskiy remains popular at home, and Europe is racing to assemble a “coalition of the willing” to secure Ukraine after any US-brokered ceasefire. But there’s a nagging question: who speaks for Europe?