President Donald Trump Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tried to withdraw from a rare earth deal with the United States, adding whether he would have had “some problems”.
“I think Zelenskyy is trying to pull out of the rare earth deal, and if he does that, he will have some problems – big problems,” Trump said in a conversation with reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. “We have a deal on rare earths and now he says, ‘Okay, you know, I want to renegotiate this deal.’ He wants to be a member of NATO, he will never be a member of NATO.”
Zelenskyy said last month that Ukraine stood ready to sign an agreement on minerals and security with the United States, noting that the agreement was seen as a step towards greater security and solid security assurance.
Zelenskyy’s statement After visiting the White House, the two leaders are expected to sign an agreement on rare earth minerals. But the visit turned into sour, and Zelenskyy was kicked out of the president’s home without any deals.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to withdraw from a rare earth mineral agreement, Trump told reporters on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Trump said he and his team were making progress in a ceasefire agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
A reporter asked Trump if he would say he was with Russian President Vladimir Putin At its lowest point.
The president said no, adding that he did not think Putin would return to a local ceasefire. He also said that whether you like it or not, make a deal with people.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with members of the Security Council on Monday, May 13, 2024 at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Photo of Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin swimming pool)
Trump explained that Putin had said something about Zelenskyy in the past few days, adding that he was not satisfied with it. But, Trump added that he thinks Putin will be good. He also said he did not want to impose secondary tariffs on Russia.
The U.S. issued a secondary tariff on Venezuela, which Trump said has “very strong impact.”
“You know every ship comes out. A lot of ships left. They dropped the hose down right into the ocean and left. They didn’t want to be there for a minute because they didn’t want those tariffs to catch up,” Trump said. “But they didn’t want me to see them there. So Venezuela and the secondary tariffs, all the secondary tariffs are very strong because essentially, if you don’t obey our orders, you can’t do business in the United States of America, and that’s the harvest.”
Trump said he plans to attack all countries in an all-out manner with tariffs.
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“If you look at history and look at what happened to us…look at trade with Asia, I wouldn’t say anyone is doing well or well,” Trump said. “We… are much more generous than we are to us.”
Trump also addressed issues regarding running third term, and earlier in the day he said he wasn’t kidding.
Initially, Trump told reporters that he was Don’t watch the third semesternoting that people have spoken with him for a possible third term.
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U.S. President Donald Trump boarded the Marine Corps on Friday, February 28, 2025, before boarding the Marine Corps in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
He said the 2020 election lost now former President Joe Biden, who was “completely manipulated” but he would not be honored for his third attempt.
Trump also said his administration has 100 days more than any other president.
“I’m with some very important people today and they say they’ve never seen turnarounds as quickly as they are now,” he said.
But Trump quickly knocked them down as journalists continued to pressure him, about the third term.
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“I don’t want to talk about it,” he told a reporter. “I don’t want to talk about the third semester right now. We have a long time. We have nearly four years left.”
