The world held its breath yesterday as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to the White House for the second time this year to meet with US president Donald Trump.

The first time, readers will surely remember, devolved into nothing short of a debacle. Zelenskyy and Trump – encouraged and egged on by JD Vance – traded angry barbs before the media, exhibiting a division that was in the best interests of no one not named Vladimir Putin. Continues…