Communications director Steven Cheung unloaded on the musician for failing to “appreciate” Trump’s aggressively gold renovations.

The musician described the Oval Office as a "vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy, professional wrestler's dressing room."

Russia has occupied a fifth of Ukrainian territory - and a big map showing the area shaded in red was put up in the Oval Office as if to emphasise that point for President Donald Trump's talks with Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Since US president Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, he's set about making plenty of changes in the White House.

The White House asked Ukrainian officials ahead of the meeting if Zelensky would wear a suit, according to a report

It was a striking contrast to the meeting six months ago, when Trump, red-faced and angry, accused an agitated Zelensky of failing to show enough gratitude to the United States. The blowup was so heated that the Ukrainian delegation was sent from the White House without being allowed to eat their waiting lunch.