Brian Glenn, the chief White House correspondent of conservative outlet Real America’s Voice, praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s military-style suit during Monday’s Oval Office sitdown with President Trump.
“President Zelensky, you look fabulous in that suit,” Glenn — who is dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — told the Ukrainian, 47, during a gaggle with reporters. “You look good.”
In a lighter moment during Zelensky and Trump’s Oval Office meeting, the Ukrainian president got an apology from a reporter — who is dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — who had criticized his outfit the last time Zelensky sat here in February. AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Trump chimed in, joking that he said “the same thing” to Zelensky and recounted how Glenn had browbeat the Ukrainian leader over his attire during the last White House meeting between the two leaders on Feb. 28.
“I apologize to you. You look wonderful,” Glenn said.
A smiling Zelensky pointed to Glenn’s suit and joked in response, “It’s the same suit.”
“You see, I have changed; you have not.”
The Oval Office erupted in laughter, with Trump and the White House pool reporters joining in.
Zelensky and Trump meet at the White House on Monday, August 18, 2025. C-SPANWhen Zelensky appears in public, he has most often donned a military-style sweatshirt, adorned with a black or green Ukrainian trident.
The Kyiv president has stuck to the wardrobe to symbolize the fact that his country is fighting for its freedom against a bloody Russian invasion.
But Zelensky’s attire caused an issue in February, beginning when Trump pointedly noted that the Ukrainian leader was “all dressed up today.”
Then, during a chaotic media availability that included a three-cornered argument between Zelensky, Trump and Vice President JD Vance, Glenn attacked Zelensky over his outfit.
Right-wing reporter Brian Glenn praised Zelensky’s attire on Monday, August 18, 2025. Getty Images“Why don’t you wear a suit?” the reporter scolded at the time. “You’re at the highest level in this country’s office, and you refuse to wear a suit.
“Do you own a suit?” he went on. “A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office.”
Zelensky defended himself, saying: “I will wear costume after this war will finish.” (In Ukrainian, the word for suit sounds similar to the English word “costume.”)
When Trump and Zelensky next met at the funeral of Pope Francis April 26, the Ukrainian president wore an all-black suit with no tie.
The outfit was resurrected for Monday’s visit to Washington.
