Volodymyr Zelensky may be unwilling to make political and territorial concessions in his war with Russia, but on Monday, the Ukrainian president made allowances of his own, arriving at the White House in a suit jacket.

The wartime leader went with a military-style, all-black suit jacket for the hastily arranged, high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump, whose aides piled up on the Ukrainian at an explosive Oval Office sit-down in February for being “disrespectful” to the U.S. by not wearing a suit and tie.

This time around, Zelensky earned praise from Trump. “Yeah, you look good,” Trump said, sitting beside Zelensky in the Oval Office.

The ensemble was a departure from his usual garb. Since Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Zelensky has worn combat gear

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