Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski will make his second visit to the White House today, with the aim of revealing the damage caused to Ukraine’s security prospects the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

However, Zelenski will not be alone, as he was on his first visit to the White House in February, when he was a “ambush” and was attacked by Donald Trump and Vice President Jay Di Vanz, who pressured him to succumb to the demands.

But this time, the Ukrainian leader comes to Washington accompanied by a “dream team” of European leaders, including the British prime minister Star starthe German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz and the French president Emmanuel Macronwho combine economic and military influence on Trump.

Their mission will be to use their individual and combined influence to persuade Trump to abandon the pro -Russian positions he adopted after just a few hours of meeting with Putin in Alaska on Friday.

To do this, they need to show greater determination and a common purpose than they have done so far, said Ben Rhodes, a former Barack Obama adviser. “My advice would be not to succumb to Trump,” Rhodes said. “It is very accustomed to succumb to those who consider it weaker, something that Putin does not do … Zelenski cannot do it on his own, as this caused the episodic meeting at the Oval Office in February. Zelenski needs Europe. And Europeans have to show the power to resist Trump, something they have not yet shown. “

Macron and Merz are the representatives of the two pillars of Europe

THE Macron and the Mertz They will accompany Zelenski on Monday as representatives of the two pillars of Europe, the French-German axis located at the EU core.

Ursula von der Laien represents the role of Europe as a financial superpower

OR Ursula von der Layenpresident of the Commission, represents the role of Europe as an economic superpower. It is recalled that Trump signed a trade agreement between the US and the EU with the Commission President in Scotland just three weeks ago, referring to “the largest commercial cooperation in the world”.

Brett Broen, a former White House official, said that European leaders would have to focus on the economy and use the White House meeting “as an opportunity to remind Trump how small Russia’s economy is compared to the EU.

Melon in a bridge role

Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, will have a bridge role: a European far -right politician that Trump considers his girlfriend, but who also supports Ukrainian sovereignty.

Stub’s friendly relationship with Trump

Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, represents a small European state, but is involved in Zelenski’s team because he has managed to create an unexpectedly warm relationship with Trump. Stob cultivated friendly relationships with Trump, hastily improving his rusty golf skills for a spontaneous trip to Florida in March to play with the US president, on the recommendation of the Republican Senator Lindsay. Stubb seized the opportunity to present the point of view of Russia’s nearest European neighbor, urging Trump not to trust Putin.

Starmer’s influence

Starmer combines to some extent influence and personal relationships. Trump has made every effort to emphasize their good relations, despite Starmer’s “liberal” attitude, and the US president has undoubtedly motivated not to spoil the relations before an official visit to the United Kingdom next month, a great event.

Rutte’s “glycologists”

Mark Rutte also exerts an influence from his high position as NATO secretary, with a proven historian in Trump’s appeal with “glycologists”, describing him as “daddy” among the world leaders, helping to avoid destructive tensions.

To overturn in the second half

“Many have learned Trump’s lessons in the way one should handle him,” said Kim Darc, who was the UK ambassador to Washington during Trump’s first term. “There will be many compliments. It’s tiring but it’s necessary. You tell him how well he is doing, how happy everyone is to lead the West to find a solution for the war. And then you go to the essence. “

The fact that all these leaders rushed to Washington in a short time is an indication of how anxious they are from the Trump-Putin summit on Friday at Alaska’s Akorage. The Russian President, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes after his unexpected invasion of Ukrainehe was admitted with a red carpet and applause by Trump, who allowed him to speak first after his fiasco between them and abruptly abandoned his demand for immediate ceasefire.

Instead, the US president accepted, without criticism, Putin’s preference to proceed directly to a comprehensive peace agreement, burdening Ukraine with the responsibility to make territorial concessions.

As the Guardian points out, a diplomatic observer likened the prospect of today’s meeting at the White House with a football team coming out for the second half, losing 0-3, but with a series of super alternates on the pitch. The first challenge will be to stay united and insist on discussion issues.

“Form a united front and talk in a voice,” Ivo Dalder, a former US ambassador to NATO, advised. “The goal is to persuade Trump to agree and to be on their side. But the message must be that their position is real, it will not change, and if Trump does not agree, they will follow their own path. “

“Trump will not have the patience to hear the same again and again,” Darc said. “Therefore, initially, two European speakers will probably have to choose except Zelenski: perhaps Rutte as NATO Secretary General and Macron as a higher European national leader.”

“My advice to Starmer would be to wait and see how the discussion would evolve,” Daroc added. “If the discussion deviates a lot from the subject or becomes a little tense, it can intervene to bring it back on the right track, calm the climate, or just try to build bridges, because there is a danger, if Trump believes that this whole process aims to tell him that he is doing wrong.”

As they head to the White House for a meeting with Trump, Zelenski and his European supporters can draw strength from the fact that not everything has been lost. The worst fear was that Trump would reach an agreement with Putin in Alaska, who would be presented as an event in Kiev. That didn’t happen. In addition, they have potential allies within the Trump government.

Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, is a traditional Republican with a harsh attitude towards Russia, though he has a history of compliance with the impulses of the US president.

On Sunday, Rubio told the NBC that the ceasefire “has not been ruled out” and confirmed that the US is interested in contributing to security guarantees in the event of a peacekeeping agreement, acknowledging that “one of the fundamental demands is that if this war is over, it should not be done.”

Panic and determination

The arrival of so many European figures in Washington is partly an indication of panic and united determination. The only way to reinforce the delegation would be the involvement of a Norwegian. Last week, Trump allegedly phoned Norwegian Foreign Minister (and former NATO Secretary -General) Jens Stoltenberg, surprising him.

The US president allegedly pressured Stoltenberg on his insistence on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, a prize awarded by a committee appointed by the Norwegian parliament. One of the papers that Trump’s visitors will have in their hands today is the reminder that his friendly attitude towards Putin is unlikely to secure him the Nobel Prize he so desired.

“Trump, who is in his second term in the White House, has a look at his place in history books,” Darc noted. “This is a point that must be treated with subtle handling, but the story will be favorable to him if he succeeds in a fair peace in Ukraine. If, on the contrary, he presses for a capitulation, the books of History will be less favorable to him. “