How Zelensky’s lack of a suit may have fuelled Oval Office spat

This was the first thing that President Donald Trump said when Ukraine President Volodimir Zelinsky went out of his car at the White House on Friday.
Trump said, in reference to a black black shirt in Zelinski, decorated with Ukrainian censorship.
Zelensky has avoided claims, shirts and medium relationships – even during important meetings with world leaders and the title of the US Congress – since the beginning of the Russian invasion on a large scale of his country began in 2022.
The Ukrainian leader said that his choice of military clothes is a display of solidarity with soldiers fighting the Russian army on the front lines of the war.
But it was always irritated by the US critics of Ukraine, and after years as a point of discussion between some right -wing critics, the issue came to global attention in an amazing way during the famous Oval Office meeting on Friday with Trump and US Vice President JD Vance.
A question was accused of Zelinski from an American correspondent of not respecting this occasion by not wearing a suit and this is not the atmosphere immediately in the room, according to the BBC correspondents present.
After a short time, issues of respect and greatest gratitude fueled an extraordinary argument that witnessed the American President and Vice President of their European ally in front of the world’s television cameras.
When the meeting was opened for questions from journalists, one of them came from Brian Glen, the White House chief correspondent for the real conservative cable network of America.
“Why don’t you wear a suit?” He asked Galin. “You are at the highest level in the office of this country, and you refuse to wear a suit.
“Do you have a suit?” He continued. “Many Americans have problems not respecting the dignity of this office.”
The aggressive interrogation represented the moment when the Ukrainian president – who until then seemed a diplomatic conversation, even friendly, with Trump – tired and irritated.
“I will wear a costume after this war has ended,” Zelinski replied. (The word “suit” can be translated into Ukrainian called “Kostyum”.
Then the Ukrainian president made an oral blow in the reporter.
“Maybe something like you, yes. Maybe something better, I don’t know,” he said, to laugh in the room. “Maybe something cheaper.”
Glenn’s question gave a voice to attract long -term in the world of Maga policy, where some – such as JD Vance – argue that the Ukrainian leader does not seem to show enough gratitude or respect for the United States for three years of military aid.
A former local TV reporter in Dallas who has become known in the conservative circles of his work in another pro -Trump channel, the right side broadcasting network, Glenn from Trump’s fans without shame. last year Politico said He was “100 percent behind President Trump and the first agenda of America.”
According to the history of Margori Taylor Green, a member of Congress in Georgia, one of Trump’s most explicit supporters.
Glen was in the room as part of the White House press group, a group of correspondents covering the president on official occasions on behalf of the broader media.
the The Trump administration took control of the complex This week from a journalist association, saying it would allow more access to “new sounds”.

Voice American’s Voice, which was established in 2020, is the relatively mysterious right -wing news port, and is one of the many previously supportive channels that have appeared in recent years. Its guests and hosts have published conspiracy theories about a variety of topics, including the 2020 presidential elections, 2021 Capitol Riot and Qanon.
The collection of display includes some big names from the Maga world, including the former Trump Steve Bannon’s chief adviser, who turned into TED NUGENT and CARLIE KIRK, founder of the Transpative Point Group. BBC called the network to comment.
After the oval office disagreed, Glenn posted on the Internet that he had “severe sympathy for the people of Ukraine” but said that Zelinski’s lack of a suit showed “his inner lack of respect” to the United States.
Zelensky defenders on the Internet posted pictures of Linston Churchill wearing unofficial clothes during World War II.
Pictures of this period show that the British leader is wearing a suit similar to a meeting with the then President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, as he was wearing military uniforms and allowances during conflicts with world leaders.

After Qalin’s question, the press conference quickly moved to a inquiry about whether the United States will send more weapons to Ukraine. At the end of an answer, Trump referred to the case’s question.
He said, “I love your clothes,” he said, and he referred to Zelinski, “I think he is wearing beautiful clothes.”
Behind the scenes, Trump’s position may have been a little different, according to reports. The United States said that before the meeting, White House employees asked Zelinski to wear a suit and they were neglected when he did not.
However, the world’s leaders continued to ask questions, in one way or another, for another 20 minutes before the outbreak of the extraordinary argument, after a break by US Vice President, JD Vance.
Vance has repeatedly raised “respect” – referring to Zelinski as “the President” as a Ukrainian leader who called him “Jordanian dinars” – and said: “I think it is not respectful to come to the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media now.”
The discussion went down from there. Zelinski was soon removed from the White House, as relations between the two countries reached the lowest new level in wartime.
With the reports of Shayan Sardarrazadeh, BBC verification, Brend Debosman and Meroselva Pitsa at the White House
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2025-03-01 23:37:00