He was finally placed in the first row. In stage-managing “big egos,” the seating arrangement has been referred to as a “master plan.”
The US president is seated eleven seats away from Zelensky, with whom he was seen having a private talk before to the start of the burial.
During the event, First Lady Melania Trump was seen intervening to give her husband some guidance after he barely missed making a mistake in front of other leaders.
The crowd was asked to shake hands with one another in order to “offer each other a sign of peace” at one point during the three-hour Catholic service.