The White House asked Ukrainian officials if President Volodymyr Zelensky will wear a suit to his meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.
Zelensky's outfit became an issue ahead of his previous Oval Office meeting with Trump in March, which exploded into a diplomatic fiasco.
Trump didn't like Zelensky's military-style attire. He offered a sarcastic aside — "
he is all dressed up today" — when he welcomed him into the West Wing.
Some U.S. officials thought at the time that the suit issue contributed somewhat to the disastrous outcome of the meeting.