Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski was not accused of overcoming this time.
With peace talks on the table and an opportunity to apostasy from the catastrophic White House, which Tobis six months ago, Zelinski was keen to show his gratitude to US President Donald Trump during a meeting on Monday in the Oval Office.
In fact, thank you nine times to Trump and others in the first minute of their short general meeting that preceded a short press conference.
President Donald Trump will meet with President Ukraine Voludimir Zellinski at the White House Casablanca, Monday, August 18, 2025, in Washington.
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“Thank you very much, Mr. President,” he said. ))
In February, the Zelinski meeting with Trump was soon launched to a public relations catastrophe when Vice President JD Vance took advantage of his lack of thanks enough.
“You should thank the president for trying to put an end to this conflict,” Vans said at a moment when Zelinski caught. “Did you say thank you once? In this entire meeting? No, at this entire meeting, did you say thank you?”
Zelinski tried to defend himself, saying that he was always expressing his appreciation to the United States for the military and financial support he provided after Russia invaded him in 2022. But the damage happened.
World leaders took their braid and knew that compliments were the way to beat Trump and unpredictable.
With an opportunity to make another impression in the same preparation, the diplomacy of gratitude was an introduction and a medium for Zelinski and his peers.
In addition to thank the president six times, Zelinski sought gratitude to Melania Trump for writing it personally to Russian President Vladimir Putin to think about Ukrainian children and urge peace.
He twice thanked his European allies who arrived as reinforcements in Washington to provide a unified front to pay for a ceasefire and security guarantee if there was a peace agreement with Russia.
In a second meeting with senior leaders from Europe, Zelenskyy expressed his thanks at least seven times, including two male map of Trump.
“Thank you for the map, by the way,” he said.
It was not alone.
Trump himself used the word T about ten times at the subsequent meeting, and he went to his colleagues from his leaders from Europe.
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni described as a great leader who has a long profession in the future, and said that he loves French President Emmanuel Macron more since he knew him – something he noticed unusual for him – and praised German counselor Friedrich Mirz Tan.
British Prime Minister Kerr Starmer thanked the President four times, noting that after three years of fighting, no one else was able to bring the conflict close to a possible end.
“So I thank you for that,” said Starmer.
NATO Secretary -General Mark Root, who addressed Trump as “dear Donald” during the meeting, described the president later “amazing”.
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