There will be no red carpet or fly past, no round of applause when Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Washington DC on Monday.

But the bitter memory of his last visit to the White House will feature prominently in the Ukrainian president's thoughts.

In February, he was mocked for not wearing a suit and told he didn't "have the cards" by US President Donald Trump , before being walked off the premises early, like an unruly patron being thrown out of the bar.

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Blow-by-blow: Inside Zelenskyy and Trump's February clash

Zelenskyy knows he is risking another ambush in the Oval Office but has to present himself as a willing participant in peace talks, out of fear of being painted as the obstacle to a resolution.

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