President Trump claims that Ukraine has “essentially agreed” to give the US $5 trillion worth of rare earth minerals as a payment for the military aid that Washington provided Kiev.
“They have very valuable land in terms of rare earth [minerals]from an oil and gas perspective, and from another perspective. We're spending hundreds of millions of dollars, so we want to secure our money [in Ukraine]Trump told Fox News' Special Report host Brett Baier in a tape-taped interview ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl.
Trump, 78, argued that the US should have access to Ukrainian natural resources, whether or not the peace agreement between Russia and the former Soviet state can be successfully negotiated, and what else does the US do to the Ukrainian dwarves? The nation that claimed to have provided and has contributed to the efforts of war.
“They may trade. They may not trade. They may one day be Russian, or they may not be Russian one day. But we have to say that all of this I have money [Ukraine] And I say I want to get it back,” the president said.
“I told them I wanted to be worth $500 billion worth of rare earth. [minerals]and they essentially agreed to do that,” Trump revealed.
“I told them, 'We have to do – we have to get something. We can't pay this money,” Trump continued, and in the war, He argued that it was “silly” to continue to provide assistance to devastated Ukraine for anything.
Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky on Friday expressed support for mutual resource transactions with the United States in exchange for security guarantees as part of a potential peace settlement.
“If we're talking about trading, let's trade, we're just for that,” Zelensky told Reuters. “We need to stop Putin and protect what we have – a very rich Dnipro region [in] Central Ukraine. ”
Ukraine has around 5% of the world's mineral resources, with a wealth of titanium, uranium, iron, manganese and lithium, as well as rare earth minerals that are considered essential for US national security.
“I think that's what happens,” Trump said of the peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.
“I think we made a lot of progress last week. We're dealing with Russians. We're dealing with Ukrainians. I think there's something,” the president insisted.
The US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and Trump's envoy to Ukraine and Russia is expected to see Zelensky at the later Munich Security Conference in Germany, with almost three of them. Discuss how to finish it. A war throughout the year.
