Trump-Zelenskyy talks: Ukraine brings European reinforcements to White House

European leaders will support Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as President Trump fueled new alarm among Ukraine's allies after his summit with Vladimir Putin.

LONDON — If he wants to give Ukraine’s leader the same welcome he did Russia’s Vladimir Putin, then President Donald Trump might need a bigger red carpet.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy will bring heavyweight reinforcements to the White House on Monday — a troop of European leaders likely hoping to ensure there is no repeat of Zelenskyy's last Oval Office showdown at a moment of even greater stakes for his country and the continent.

The extraordinary public bust-up between Zelenskyy, Trump and Vice President JD Vance in February stunned European powers.

Trump accused a vexed Zelenskyy of “gambling with World War 3,” and of disrespecting the White House as the cameras rolled, before cutting the meeting short and telling the Ukrainian leader to come back “when he is ready for peace.”

Zelenskyy with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels over the weekend. European leaders are scrambling to respond to Trump's changing stance on ending the war in Ukraine.Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP via Getty ImagesHe returns Monday flanked by leaders from Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Finland, plus the heads of the European Union and NATO — a show of solidarity and an effort to ensure Europe has a real voice in peace talks after being excluded from Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska.