Trump "likes winners," and now increasingly views Zelensky as one. The two leaders are expected to meet at the White House on Tuesday during Zelensky's visit to Washington for the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham.

He has been impressed by Ukraine's drone industry, particularly its ability to counter drones similar to those the U.S. has faced during the conflict with Iran.

Trump has also grown more skeptical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite continuing to push for a negotiated end to the war.

Trump's views were also influenced by conversations with Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk during an Oval Office meeting last month and by conservative activist Laura Loomer, who recently traveled to Kyiv and later spoke with Trump about her visit in several calls.

A U.S. State Department official said the talks will focus on expanding the pilot-zone process, resolving outstanding border issues, and advancing work toward a comprehensive peace and security agreement.

Calling the framework agreement "the only path to lasting peace," the official said lessons from the initial pilot zones would help expand the process in phases.

We are facing a fire that is completely unprecedented. We are experiencing the most severe situation we have ever recorded — the worst since the Second World War.

More than 160,000 hectares have already burned, and the fire season is far from over. That is far more than the record levels we had seen in previous years.

This is the result of an exceptional drought over recent weeks, which has dried out our forests, stripped away their moisture, and made them far more vulnerable.

We must be clear-eyed: the weeks ahead will be difficult, and we must hold firm.

President Trump exposed them for who they are, they are not liberal, they are not just left wing, they are radical left crazy communists.

The very survival of freedom, liberty, humanity, your family, your children and your future depends on ensuring that we do not allow communism to take hold.

If communists gain power then you will lose everything.

The Democrats have become a party of freaks, weirdos, losers and crazies.