President Donald Trump said he would reveal the future of a rare-earth minerals deal with Ukraine Tuesday during his address to Congress, after peace negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to a halt Friday after a disorderly White House visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy visited Washington Friday amid negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, and was poised to sign a minerals agreement that would allow the U.S. access to Ukraine\u2019s minerals in exchange for U.S. support in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But after a tense exchange between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Zelenskyy over whether diplomacy was the correct avenue to secure a peace deal and whether Russian President Vladimir Putin could be trusted, Trump kicked Zelenskyy out of the White House and said the Ukrainian leader could return when he was ready for peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When asked Monday about the status of the rare-earth minerals deal, Trump told reporters that he would disclose where the deal stands when he addresses a joint session of Congress Tuesday in a speech akin to the annual State of the Union.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ll let you know,\u2019 Trump told reporters Monday. \u2018We\u2019re making a speech, you\u2019ve probably heard about it, tomorrow night. I\u2019ll let you know tomorrow night\u2026 it\u2019s a great deal for us.\u2019<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy told reporters in London Sunday that he was still on board with the deal, and that he predicts the relationship between Ukraine and the U.S. will persevere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trump also said Monday he wanted to see the Ukrainian leader express more gratitude for U.S. support during the war in order to rekindle peace negotiations with Zelenskyy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I just think he should be more appreciative because this country has stuck with him through thick and thin,\u2019 Trump said. \u2018We\u2019ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us because, as you know, that\u2019s right there, that\u2019s the border.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trump previously hailed the minerals agreement as a breakthrough deal that would benefit both the U.S. and Ukraine, touting that it would serve as the foundation for a more \u2018sustainable\u2019 future relationship between the two countries and allow the U.S. access to resources like oil and gas that \u2018we need for our country.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019re going to be signing really a very important agreement for both sides, because it\u2019s really going to get us into that country,\u2019 Trump told reporters Thursday while meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. \u2018We\u2019ll have a lot of people working there and so, in that sense, it\u2019s very good.\u2019<\/p>\n
Trump also said Thursday it would reimburse taxpayers for financial contributions backing Ukraine after Russia\u2019s invasion in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Precise numbers on financial assistance to Ukraine vary slightly, depending on what is considered aid. However, the Council on Foreign Relations reports that Congress has appropriated $175 billion since 2022 for aid to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All European assistance to Ukraine between January 2022 and December 2024 amounts to roughly $138.7 billion, German-based think tank Kiel Institute estimates. The organization also estimates that the U.S. contributed $119.7 billion in that same time frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The meeting between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy soured after Zelenskyy said that Putin couldn\u2019t be trusted and had breached other agreements. Trump and Vance then accused Zelenskyy of not being grateful for the support the U.S. has provided over the years and said the Ukrainian leader was in a \u2018bad position\u2019 at the negotiating table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018You\u2019re playing cards,\u2019 Trump said Friday. \u2018You\u2019re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You\u2019re gambling with World War III. You\u2019re gambling with World War III. And what you\u2019re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country.\u2019<\/p>\n
Following his departure from the White House on Friday, Zelenskyy issued a social media post on X expressing gratitude to the U.S. for its support.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit,\u2019 Zelenskyy said. \u2018Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.\u2019<\/p>\n\n
President Donald Trump said he would reveal the future of a rare-earth minerals deal with Ukraine Tuesday during his address to Congress, after peace negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to a halt Friday after a disorderly White House visit.\u00a0 Zelenskyy visited Washington Friday amid negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, and was <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":37158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}