At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

The European political heavy-hitters were left out of Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday.

The White House asked Ukrainian officials ahead of the meeting if Zelensky would wear a suit, according to a report.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be looking for details on what security guarantees the U.S. and its allies could offer as part of any peace deal, and will push back on Russian demands for Ukrainian territory.

President Donald Trump is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with a number of European leaders, in Washington D.C. later on Monday.

President Donald Trump was up late on Sunday ahead of his latest all-important meeting on Ukraine, engaging in a wild posting spree that saw him ricochet from insulting a Democratic senator’s appearance to raving about his new White House flag poles.