Trump said he and the Russian leader spoke last week about what they see as the problems with mail-in voting. Since then, Trump has pushed again for the U.S. to end the practice.

The last time Volodymyr Zelensky set foot in the Oval Office must have been one of the worst days of his life. The disgraceful barracking, the finger-pointing, the insults over his clothing; all left him deeply humiliated.

Trump did not rule out the possibility of American troops helping to guarantee peace between Ukraine and Russia should the leaders reach an agreement.

Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter calling for peace in Ukraine, having her husband Donald Trump deliver it to Vladimir Putin.

Nor was there a glint of a nuclear-arms-control deal, which Mr Putin had suggested. Both spoke about economic opportunities, but there was little that was tangible. Mr Trump said he would brief Mr Zelensky and European leaders,

President Donald Trump has taken aim at MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace in a bizarre social media rant. The drama started when 79-year-old Trump kicked off his Sunday morning with a cryptic post on Truth Social. “Bela,” he wrote, leaving his followers to debate the meaning of the word.

The meeting is notable in how American churches are embroiled in controversies involving Orthodoxy in Ukraine.