Just after noon, European leaders including Macron, Starmer, von der Leyen, Rutte, and Meloni began arriving one by one at the White House. According to the White House schedule, Trump will first meet with Zelensky at 1:15 p.m. before greeting the European leaders, followed by a multilateral meeting with all parties at 3:00 p.m.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Monday at the White House for his meeting with President Donald Trump that comes days after he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for the first time amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump greeted Zelenskyy outside the White House around 1:15 p.m. EDT on Monday.