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.

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, D.C. on Monday ahead of a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. They will meet later today, joined by European leaders, including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz among others.