Zelensky gets heros welcome from European leaders after Trump booted him from White House
After getting booted from the White House following the fiery shouting match with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is basking in a hero’s welcome from European leaders at an emergency summit Sunday.Zelensky huddled with key European allies in London, who gave him a warm reception while discussing a path for peace amid Russia’s invasion and how to patch things up with the US after the clash Friday.“Clearly, there’s a lot of tension.
The cameras were on—nobody wants to see that.My driving purpose has been to bridge this,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who spoke with Trump after the spat, told the BBC.
“We’ve now agreed that the United Kingdom, along with France and possibly one or two others, will work with Ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting, and then we’ll discuss that plan with the United States.”Later in the day, Zelensky is poised to meet with King Charles.European leaders have been rallying around Zelensky, while many of them have carefully refrained from being too adversarial toward Trump following the explosive encounter in the Oval Office on Friday.Some European leaders have publicly pushed for Trump and Zelensky to mend fences.“It’s very, very important that we avoid the risk that the West divides over Ukraine,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has courted close ties with Trump, said, per a translation.
Meloni, the sole European leader to attend Trump’s inauguration, spoke with Trump on the phone ahead of the London security summit and publicly called for an emergency meeting with the US to smooth things over.“It is important to maintain unity around Ukraine and strengthen our country’s position in cooperation with our allies – the countries of Europe and the United States,” Zelensky said following his meeting with Meloni.“Ukraine needs peace backed by robust security guarantees.”Since Friday, Zelensky has blasted out a blitz of thank yous to Eu...