The world watched with bated breath as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House.
It’s no wonder, since one of the memorable moments of the two presidents’ meeting in Washington in February was when Brian Glenn, a reporter for the podcast Real America’s Voice, which explicitly supports Trump’s MAGA movement, asked Zelensky in the Oval Office: “Why don’t you wear a suit? You’re in the highest office in this country and you refuse to wear a suit? I just want to see if you have a suit? A lot of Americans have a problem with the way you honor this office.”
As Glenn asked the question, J. D. Vance, who was sitting in front of him, laughed, and Trump, who had already mocked the Ukrainian president's attire during the greeting, nodded in approval. Zelensky then replied that he did, although not many suits, and then continued:"I'm going to wear a suit when the war is over. Maybe something like yours, or maybe something better, I don't know."
This meeting brought about a huge change. Zelensky was no longer dressed in military attire, but in a black suit (or something similar) without a tie. This outfit was not a response to the meeting at the end of February, as Ukrainian fashion designer Viktor Anisimov had started working on the piece in January. He intended to go towards a civilian look, without completely giving up the military character.
At Monday's meeting, which was particularly good-natured, Brian Glenn praised Zelensky's outfit this time, calling the Ukrainian president's appearance simply wonderful, and Trump himself did not think otherwise.
Zoltán Koskovics, an employee of the pro-Fidesz Center for Fundamental Rights, was not impressed. On the so-called public service M1 morning show, the so-called analyst, who happens to always think exactly what Fidesz thinks about world affairs, gave a lesson in his attire. According to him, the color of the jacket was wrong, and he should have worn a tie. “You shouldn’t have dressed like that for a White House meeting, let’s just make that clear,” he said.
