Trump, Zelenskyy Meet One-on-One at Vatican Before Pope’s Funeral

Both leaders spoke positively of their meeting.
Trump, Zelenskyy Meet One-on-One at Vatican Before Pope’s Funeral
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump talk as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican on April 26, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP
T.J. Muscaro
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a brief one-on-one discussion inside St. Peter’s Basilica on April 26 before convening with other leaders to attend Pope Francis’s funeral.

The conversation took place before the funeral Mass began, at a point in the morning when the Vatican’s vast basilica was shut to allow world leaders and diplomats to visit the pontiff’s closed coffin and pay their respects.