President Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House this afternoon for the third time this year amid potential escalations in their war with Russia.
The high stakes meeting will take place in the Cabinet Room of the White House, a departure from the typical Oval Office meetings that the President holds with foreign leaders.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump had a phone call meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ahead of the meeting.
This came after Trump repeatedly suggested that he will provide Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for offensive purposes by selling them to NATO.
Trump had told reporters on Wednesday, when asked if he is considering other options “shy of Tomahawks," that “we’re looking at other options."
"President Zelensky is coming in. I’m not a fan of the war,” Trump said, explaining that Zelensky wants the weapons to launch attacks on Russia.
“We’ll be talking about the war with him, and we’ll be talking about, I mean, they want to go offensive. I’ll make a determination on that, but they would like to go offensive, you know that. And we’ll have to make a determination.”
The meeting with Zelensky in the Cabinet Room is scheduled to begin at 1:15 pm ET after the President greets Zelensky at 1 pm. Currently, the event is closed to the press, but that could change.
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