The moment when Ukraine was pulled into war by Russia, a war of aggression that violates longstanding international law, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Selenskyj stopped wearing the usual presidential clothing, i.e. a western type suit. And he continued to stick to that habit, wherever he travelled to visit other countries' leaders. Nobody and nowhere, except upon Selenskyj's visit to the Whitehouse in February 2025, did he encounter criticism or questioning. Among other attacks during that Whit1
The moment when Ukraine was pulled into war by Russia, a war of aggression that violates longstanding international law, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Selenskyj stopped wearing the usual presidential clothing, i.e. a western type suit. And he continued to stick to that habit, wherever he travelled to visit other countries' leaders. Nobody and nowhere, except upon Selenskyj's visit to the Whitehouse in February 2025, did he encounter criticism or questioning. Among other attacks during that Whitehouse encounter with President Trump, Selenskyj was asked, by some press deputy, "Why don't you wear a suit". Ever since, turning what appeared as a slap into a sword, the world pays tribute to Ukraine's leader in its most troubling era since WWII as "The Man Without A Suit".