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Zelenskyy will visit Trump at the White House before Sen. Graham’s funeral 15%
By Seung Min Kim73%
7/27/2026, 9:01:14 PM
Topics: Ukraine, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Lindsey Graham, White House, Sanctions, Diplomacy, Iran, Russia, Laura Loomer
Keywords: Laura Loomer, Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Sanctions And Embargoes, Iran War, Diplomacy, District Of Columbia, Funerals And Memorial Services, Trump Zelenskyy Ukraine Laura Loomer Graham Funeral, Military And Defense, Politics, Energy Industry, Iran, Legislation
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Tuesday ahead of Sen.
Lindsey Graham’s funeral, their second sit-down this month and after a far-right activist with the U.S. president’s ear had a widely publicized change of heart on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Trump is set to welcome Zelenskyy to the White House as the Ukrainian leader travels to Washington to honor Graham, whose final act as a public official was visiting Kyiv and securing an agreement on a package of sanctions that seek to punish countries that purchase Russian oil, gas and other exports.
Zelenskyy posted on X early Tuesday that he had arrived in the U.S. and listed the goals for his visit.
“Our schedule includes meetings with President Trump, his team, and those who can support our defense,” the Ukrainian leader said.
“Our number one priority is anti-ballistic defense and strategic cooperation with America.
Peace needs to be brought closer.”
Ahead of the meeting, Zelenskyy has also warned that Russia has been aiding Iran as the war persists by capturing satellite imagery of U.S. bases in the Gulf region that later appear in Iran.
The Ukrainian president also asserted that there was a “clear correlation” between Russia’s images and subsequent Iranian strikes.
“The purpose is clear,” Zelenskyy said earlier this month.
“None of us in the world should turn a blind eye to one very simple fact: Evil always seeks ways to make things worse and spread further.”
“I don’t think they’ve been doing it, certainly not at a high level,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he traveled to Michigan.
“And if they have, it has been very un-impactful.”
Still, he said he would raise the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy has a busy itinerary during his latest visit to Washington.
In addition to his White House meeting, Zelenskyy will head to the Capitol to meet with senators on Tuesday evening after Graham’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Republican leadership is hoping to advance Graham’s sanctions legislation this week, although the Senate is juggling several other priorities before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess.
The bill has dozens of backers from both parties and is seen as the main policy tribute to Graham, who died unexpectedly this month from a tear in his aorta.
It imposes tariffs on goods from the world’s top five purchasers of Russia oil or natural gas, including China and India.
The legislation also includes sanctions against Putin, senior Russian political and Russian financial institutions and energy projects.
Trump met with Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit earlier this month in Ankara, Turkey, and announced that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems, a long-running request from Kyiv in order to counter Russian missile attacks.
The air defense systems are expensive to make and are in high demand.
Noting that he and Zelenskyy have “actually developed a good relationship,” Trump said the U.S. will help Ukraine produce the Patriots and that the country would be able to produce them “pretty quickly.”
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