President Donald Trump On Friday said that his administration is “fairly closed” to close a deal with Ukraine for rights to gain access to its natural resources in exchange for the billions of dollars of the United States to support the country against Russia.
“You know, I think they want it, and they feel good about it,” Trump said reporters on Friday in the Oval Office after the curse ceremony of the trade secretary Howard Lutnick. “And it’s important. It’s a big problem. But they want it, and it keeps us in that country. And they are very happy with it.
“We get our money back. They should have been signed for a long time before we entered. They should have been signed by Biden. But Biden didn’t know too much about what he did. The war should never have happened, no. 1.
“The first week or two weeks after that it got bad. It got really bad, but it should have been, it should never have happened. And it should have been arranged and it could have been arranged very easily in the beginning. Now it is it More difficult, but we get it arranged. “
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During his speech on the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Trump’s National Security Advisor, Mike Waltzsaid: “Here is the Bottom Line: President Volodyymyr Zenskyy will sign that deal, and you will see that in the very short term.”
Waltz also told “Fox & Friends” this week that Ukraine should “weaken” his criticism of Trump and “back to the table” to work out an economic deal with the US
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy and President Donald Trump are “fairly close” to closing a deal with Ukraine to gain access to his natural resources. (Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance/Curtis means/Daily Mail/Bloomberg)
The deal for American access to the rare Earth Minerals of Ukraine is part of broader negotiations to end the war in Ukraine after Russia invaded the country in 2022.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News Wednesday Trump creates a “win-win” partnership between the United States and Ukraine with the deal days after a meeting with Zenskyy in Kiev.
“A part of my journey was to tell the Ukrainian people that we wanted an economic partnership with them,” Bessent told Bret Baier on “Special report. ”
“So, the vision of President Trump is (to bring the Ukrainian people and the American people closer together, to show the Ukrainian population that we support them, the American people show that the money that is is go to UkraineThat there will be a return that there will be a long -term partnership. “
The Trump administration tries to earn back the costs of auxiliary costs from the country torn by war by gaining rare earthy minerals such as titanium, iron and uranium.
The delay is also amidst rising tensions between Trump and Zenskyy, while the US is working with Russian officials to drive a peace agreement in the current war.
Trump Quarrel about Fox News Zenskyy has “no cards” to negotiate leverage for a deal, because the couple has hurled public insults to each other in recent days.
“I have monitored this man for years while his cities are being demolished, as his people are killed, while his soldiers are decimated,” Trump told Fox News fellow gastheer Brian Kilmeade.
American secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Left, and Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zenskyy speak during a press conference in Kiev on 12 February. (Tetiana Dzhafava/AFP via Getty images)
“I have seen him negotiate without cards. He has no cards and it makes you sick,” he added. “It just makes you sick, and I’ve had it.”
Trump claimed that Zenskyy is a bad negotiator and notices berry traveled to Ukraine Last week to bypass a mineral agreement, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but said that the couple “couldn’t even come close to a deal.
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The president said the journey was dangerous for berry and a waste of time.
The deal is said to have helped us invest in the war torn by war and “also” gave the best security guarantee they could ever hope “, said Waltz.
Bailee Hill from Fox News has contributed to this report.
