(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, with Zelenskyy in Washington to make his case for procuring American Tomahawk cruise missiles and other military assets.
Trump and Zelenskyy, wearing a dark suit, shook hands when the Ukrainian president arrived at the West Wing entrance.
The two men are having a working lunch in the Cabinet Room.
“We want to see if we can get this done,” Trump said.
Zelenskyy said he thinks there is a “momentum to finish” Russia’s invasion, which is now nearing the four-year mark.
“We want peace. Putin doesn’t want. That’s why we need pressure on him,” Zelenskyy said.
Trump appeared bullish days ago about potentially selling the long-range weapons to Ukraine as he expressed disappointm