President Trump says rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine is close

President Donald Trump On Friday, he said that his administration was “pretty close” to an agreement with Ukraine for the rights to access his natural resources in exchange for $ 1 billion of the United States in the support of the country against Russia.

“You know, I think they want it and they feel good about it,” Trump told reporters on Friday at an oval office after an oath ceremony at the Howard Lutnick store. “And that’s significant. It’s a big deal. But they want it, and it holds us in that country. And they are very happy about it.

“Let’s get back our money. We should have been signed long before we got in. He should have signed Biden. But Biden did not know too much about what he was doing. The war never had to happen, no. 1. When that happened, it could have solve.

“The first week or two weeks after that it became bad. It became very bad, but it was supposed to be, it never had to happen. And that had to be resolved, and it could be very easy to get rid of at the beginning. Now it’s harder, but now we will solve it. “

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During his speech at a conservative conference on political action (CPAC) on Friday, Trump’s National Security Advisor, Mike WaltzHe said, “Here’s the bottom of the line: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs that contract, and you will see it in the short term.”

Waltz also said “Fox & Friends” this week that Ukraine should “reduce” her criticism of Trump and “return to the table” to solve the economic contract with the USA

An agreement for the American approach to Ukrainian minerals of rare countries is part of the wider negotiations on stopping the war in Ukraine after Russia has taken into account in the country of 2022.

The Scott Beesent Treasury Secretary told Fox News on Wednesday that Trump creates a partnership between “Win-Win” between the United States and Ukraine with an agreement for days after a meeting with Zelenskyy in Kiev.

“Part of my journey was to go and tell the Ukrainian people that we want an economic partnership with them,” Breth Baier told Breth on “Especially a report. ”

“So the vision of President Trump is [to] Ukrainian people and American people get closer to economically closer, show the Ukrainian people to support them, show the American people that the money that is Entry into UkraineThat there will be a return, that there will be a long -term partnership. “

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Trump’s administration seeks to compensate for the costs of assistance sent to the land destroyed by war, gaining access to minerals of rare countries such as titanium, iron and uranium.

The delay also comes due to the growing tension between Trump and Zelenskyy, because the US cooperates with Russian officials to conclude a peace agreement in the current war.

Trump claimed to Fox News Zelenskyy “There is no ticket” to negotiate an agreement for an agreement because the couple have been throwing offenses in recent days.

“I have been watching this man for years as his cities crash, while his people are killing themselves, while his soldiers are declining,” Trump told Fox News leader Briaman Kilmeade.

“I watched him negotiate without tickets. No tickets, and you got sick,” he added. “You just get sick of that, and I had it.”

Trump claimed that Zelenskyy is a bad negotiator, noticing the bezen Traveled to Ukraine Last week to mediate the mineral agreement, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but said the couple “couldn’t even get closer to” agreement.

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The president said the trip is dangerous to Beesent and waste time.

An agreement would help us invest in the nation destroyed by war, and he would also provide “the best guarantee of the security they could ever hope for,” Waltz said.

Fox News’ Bailee Hill contributed to this report.