President Donald Trump His administration said Friday that his administration was “very close to” reaching a deal with Ukraine to acquire its natural resources rights in exchange for billions of US dollars in support of the country’s targeting Russia.
“You know, I think they want it, they’re happy with it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Friday after the swearing-in ceremony of Business Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday. “And it’s important. It’s important. But they want it, it keeps us in that country. They’re very happy about it.
“We took back the money. They should have signed it long before we went in. They should have signed Biden. But Biden doesn’t know much about what he is doing. The war will never happen, first. When it When it does happen, it may have been resolved.
“For the first or two weeks after that, things got bad. It was really bad, but it shouldn’t have happened anymore. It should have been solved and it could be easily resolved from the beginning. Now it’s even more Difficult, but we will solve it.”
Trump calls Ukraine’s Zelenskyy “no elections for dictators” as the rift expands
Trump’s national security adviser spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, Mike Waltzsaid: “This is the bottom line: President Vorodimir Zelenskyy will sign this deal and you will see that in the short term.”
Waltz also told “Fox and Friends” this week
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Presidents Donald Trump are “very close” to reaching a deal with Ukraine to obtain their natural resources. (Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance/Curtis Statement/Daily Mail/Bloomberg)
The U.S. deal to acquire Ukrainian rare earth minerals after Russia invaded the country in 2022 was part of a broader negotiation to end the Ukrainian war.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Wednesday that Trump has established a “win-win” partnership with the United States and Ukraine after meeting with Zelenskyy Kiev.
“Part of my trip is to tell the Ukrainian people that we want to have an economic partnership with them,” Bessent told Bret Baier.Special Report. ”
“So, President Trump’s vision is [to] Let the Ukrainian people and the American people be more economically integrated, show the Ukrainian people that we support them, show the Americans that the money is Enter Ukrainethere will be rewards and there will be a long-term partnership. ”
The Trump administration is seeking to compensate for the cost of sending aid to war-torn countries by accessing rare earth minerals such as titanium, iron and uranium.
Delays have also emerged as tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy, with U.S.-Russian officials working on a peace deal in the ongoing war.
trump card About Fox News Controversy Zelenskyy has the leverage to negotiate a deal as the two publicly throw insults to each other in recent days.
“I’ve been watching this man for years as his city is destroyed, as his soldiers are destroyed,” Trump told Fox News co-host Brian Kilmeade.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, leftist and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a press conference in Kiev on February 12. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images)
“I’ve been watching his negotiations without a card. He doesn’t have a card, you’re tired of it.” “You just hate it, I’m tired of it.”
Trump sees Zelenskyy as a poor negotiator Go to Ukraine Last week, a mineral deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars was to be held, but said the two were “not even close” to the deal.
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The president said the trip was dangerous for carnival and wasting time.
The deal will help us invest in war-ridden nations and provide “the best security guarantee they may wish to get,” Walz said.
Bailee Hill of Fox News contributed to the report.
