Posted on 08/18/2025 1:09:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Months after a disastrous visit to the White House, the Ukrainian president had a whole new look.
New negotiation, new look. When President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arrived at the White House on Monday to meet with President Trump, he had swapped the military-style clothing that has been his de facto uniform since the war with Russia began in 2022, for a more statesmanlike ensemble: black field jacket, black shirt and black slacks.
Was it an early sign he was ready to make some concessions?
That may seem a ridiculous question. But Mr. Trump is someone who cares deeply about the ceremony and trappings of office — its regalia, gilt, and even souvenir pins — and since the start of the war Mr. Zelensky has made his look part of his message.
Indeed, during his first, famously acrimonious meeting with Mr. Trump in March, Mr. Zelensky’s chosen attire — a black long-sleeved polo shirt with the Ukrainian trident as a crest and matching fatigue-like trousers — became not only a talking point but, in the view of some Trump officials, a seeming symbol of his refusal to kowtow to the White House.
Mr. Trump commented sarcastically on the look as soon as Mr. Zelensky arrived, and a reporter later implied in a question that the Ukrainian president had been demonstrating disrespect-through-dress — even though there should have been no real mystery about what Mr. Zelensky was going to wear.
He had, after all, made a point of wearing pretty much the same thing no matter where he was for three years: an olive green or black shirt or sweater, pants, and combat boots. The look served as both a visual reminder of his...
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This thread is useless without photos. 😆
I was expecting a t-shirt with a tie printed on it. What’s with the all black, though? It seems to be a theme.
He’s just trying to look like Johnny Cash.
That's the Ukrainian Neo-nazi SS look.
"That's the Ukrainian Neo-nazi SS look."
Looks like the Russian neo-Nazi look?
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President Trump basicly told Mertz to shut up, and sit in the corner.
All of Zelensky’s threads are useless.
He’s still a nasty sniveling little shrew!
Bwahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh! Yeah, I could actually see that happening.
That’s the Ukrainian Neo-nazi SS look.
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I think it had the appearance of a Mao jacket but some have said it did have labels, and he wore it with a black shirt, and black tie. Impossible to make out in photos. However, the jacket had a squared off bottom cut with a number of buttons down the front center like a Mao jacket. Odd, that if he had a black shirt with tie I when I didn’t see that later when he was at the round table without the jacket and just wearing his signature crew neck cut T-shirt at the round table. He’s a supreme narcissist so he has to always be the center of attention.
“ military-style clothing”
Since when is a T-shirt, a military style? Looks more to me like just being a slob.
Not what he was wearing today.
He dressed like a slob when meeting Trump before.
But dressed in a suit for certain meetings with EU useless eaters.
I honestly half expected him to not wear a suit.
I wonder if it's polyester?
Yeah, it’s possible that it is.
Purple pimp suit with a wide brimmed hat.
Would be funny, but counterproductive.
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