Trump Meets Zelenskyy, Netanyahu as Wars Test Diplomacy
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- Trump met separately at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East test U.S. diplomacy.
- Zelenskyy is seeking to revive diplomatic efforts with Russia through his engagement with Trump, while Netanyahu's meeting marked his first with Trump since the launch of the Iran war, per cross-coverage headlines calling it 'productive' after weeks of tensions.
Why it matters: The back-to-back meetings place Trump at the center of two active war fronts simultaneously, with Zelenskyy pushing to restart stalled Russia negotiations while the Netanyahu sit-down follows reported weeks of U.S.-Israel friction over the Iran campaign.
