For Europe’s leaders, the White House meeting was about optics as much as substance: a chance to undo any ground Russia's Vladimir Putin may have gained with Trump in Alaska.
That optimism was thanks at least in part to the tone set by the Ukrainian leader’s arrival in a blazer-style jacket and collared shirt, a departure from his trademark military garb.
A fixation on attire might seem trivial given the stakes as the world leaders gathered to discuss ending the brutal conflict, but style mattered here.
Because substance sure as shit doesn’t. Not with these incompetents.