Did or did trump not ask for half of the Ukraine's mineral resources forever in exchange for his pro-russian peace plan that screws them over royally. And did trump say or not say the Ukraine started the war. Those are facts
You must be the one with the propaganda if you believe any of this reasonable.
This is always happening to Trump. A news source cites sources. Why not name the sources? And it clutters up with news by saying reported to!!!
The Trump administration indicated U.S. troops could be deployed to provide security in connection with the minerals if there’s a peace deal with Russia, sources told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
Feb. 14, 2025, 9:01 PM MST
By
Courtney Kube,
Andrea Mitchell, Abigail Williams,
Owen Hayes and
Nnamdi Egwuonwu
The Trump administration has suggested to Ukraine that the United States be granted 50% ownership of the country’s rare earth minerals, and signaled an openness to
deploying American troops there to guard them if there’s a deal with Russia to end the war, according to four U.S. officials.
Rather than pay for the minerals, the ownership agreement would be a way for Ukraine to reimburse the U.S. for the billions of dollars in weapons and support its provided to Kyiv
since the war began in February 2022, two of the officials said.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent presented the proposal for the U.S. to own half of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a draft contract he brought to their meeting on Wednesday in Kyiv, according to eight U.S. officials briefed on the meeting.
After that meeting, Bessent said the draft of a U.S.-Ukraine rare earth minerals agreement reflected the president’s goal, but he did not provide details of what the administration had proposed.
Zelenskyy declined to sign the document when Bessent presented it during their meeting, saying he needed to study it and consult others about it, the eight U.S. officials briefed on the meeting said.
The Ukrainian leader said at the time that he and his team “will do everything to review all details of the document” before his arrival in Munich, where he met Friday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as well as U.S. lawmakers on the sidelines of a global security conference.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington and a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.
Zelenskyy said in his speech at the security conference Friday that his lawyers would weigh in on the document Bessent presented to him in Kyiv with advice and some changes. He referred to the proposal as a memorandum between the U.S. and Ukraine, not a security agreement.
In recent months, President Donald Trump has expressed interest in striking a deal with Ukraine that would grant the U.S. significant access to its rare earth minerals, which are used to make a variety of technology products.
