Here’s the list of European leaders joining Zelenskyy to meet with Trump at White House

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Multiple European and NATO leaders are scheduled to join Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House Monday, as talks continue on a potential peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

This comes after Trump traveled to Anchorage, Alaska on Friday for a summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Those expected to attend the meeting at the White House with Trump and Zelenskyy on Monday include:

  • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
  • French President Emmanuel Macron
  • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
  • Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni
  • Finnish President Alexander Stubb
  • Secretary-general of the NATO military alliance, Mark Rutte

The media has portrayed the other leaders joining the meeting as an effort to ‘protect’ Zelenskyy from Trump.

The Associated Press wrote:

Leaders from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Finland are rallying around the Ukrainian president after his exclusion from Trump’s summit on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Their pledge to be at Zelenskyy’s side at the White House on Monday is an apparent effort to ensure the meeting goes better than the last one in February, when Trump berated Zelenskyy in a heated Oval Office encounter.

“The Europeans are very afraid of the Oval Office scene being repeated and so they want to support Mr. Zelenskyy to the hilt,” said retired French Gen. Dominique Trinquand, a former head of France’s military mission at the United Nations.

Trump slammed the ‘fake news media’ in a series of Truth Social posts Sunday night, and wrote, “Big day at the White House tomorrow. Never had so many European Leaders at one time. My great honor to host them!!! President DJT.”

“The Fake News will say that it is a big loss for President Trump to host so many great European Leaders at our beautiful White House. Actually, it is a great honor for America!!!” he added.

Late Sunday night, Zelenskyy announced:

I have already arrived in Washington, tomorrow I am meeting with President Trump. Tomorrow we are also speaking with European leaders. I am grateful to @POTUS for the invitation. We all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably.

And peace must be lasting. Not like it was years ago, when Ukraine was forced to give up Crimea and part of our East—part of Donbas—and Putin simply used it as a springboard for a new attack. Or when Ukraine was given so called “security guarantees” in 1994, but they didn’t work. Of course, Crimea should not have been given up then, just as Ukrainians did not give up Kyiv, Odesa, or Kharkiv after 2022. Ukrainians are fighting for their land, for their independence.

Now, our soldiers have successes in Donetsk and Sumy regions. I am confident that we will defend Ukraine, effectively guarantee security, and that our people will always be grateful to President Trump, everyone in America, and every partner and ally for their support and invaluable assistance. Russia must end this war, which it itself started. And I hope that our joint strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia into a real peace. Thank you!

EU president President Ursula von der Leyen publicly announced that she will be joining Zelenskyy at his request.

The Hill shared a look at how the events are scheduled for Monday at the White House:

12:00 p.m. – European leaders are expected to be at the White House by noon EDT at the South Portico, with television crew and photographers allowed to document the arrival.

1:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m. -Zelensky and Trump are set to greet each other an hour after the European leaders arrive, and will shortly after go into a meeting with each other in the Oval Office. Vice President Vance is also expected to attend this meeting.

2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. – Trump will greet other European leaders in the State Dining Room an hour after he begins his Oval Office meeting with Zelensky. Fifteen minutes after the greetings, Trump and European leaders will take a family photo together in the Cross Hall.

3:00 p.m. – Trump and European leaders will then head into their own high-stakes meeting in the East Room of the White House. Zelensky will also be a part of this meeting.

Many of the European leaders praised Trump for meeting with Putin on Friday.

“A glimmer of hope finally opens for discussing peace in Ukraine. Italy is doing its part alongside its Western allies,” wrote Meloni.

“We welcomed President Trump’s efforts to stop the killing in Ukraine, end Russia’s war of aggression, and achieve just and lasting peace. Ukraine can count on our unwavering solidarity as we work towards a peace that safeguards Ukraine’s and Europe’s vital security interests,” Merz wrote.

Starmer wrote in a statement, “President Trump’s efforts have brought us closer than ever before to ending Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. His leadership in pursuit of an end to the killing should be commended.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote, “For years, we have watched the two largest nuclear powers calculate the framework of their cooperation and send messages to each other. It’s over with now. The world is a safer place today than it was yesterday.”

Trump reportedly spent hours on the phone with many of the European and NATO leaders, as well as Zelenskyy, while he was en route back to D.C., following his meeting with Putin on Friday.

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