President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a much more cordial Oval Office meeting in front of TV cameras Monday than the fiery eruption that took place in front of the room's fireplace in February.

The Zelensky meeting came just days after Trump hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine.

Trump met with Zelensky in the Oval Office ahead of an expected wider meeting at the White House with seven top European leaders. Trump told reporters he would speak with Putin after those meetings in the hopes of setting up another meeting.

“I think if we have a trilat there's a good chance of maybe ending it,” Trump said. “But he’s expecting my call when we’re finished with this meeting.”

Both Trump and Zelensky largely used careful language and avoided the kind of flare-up that defined their last White House meeting in February.

“We’re going to have a meeting. If........

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