As Trump attempts to close the Russia-Ukraine conflict, President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signing a rare planet minerals deal with the US as early as this week.
” I will be meeting with President Zelensky. In reality, he may appear in this week or next week to sign the agreement”, Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. The deal is currently being worked on. They are extremely close to reaching a conclusion.
More details regarding the package emerged earlier Monday, including that, in trade for Ukraine contributing 50 % of its income from minerals, oil and gas, system, and its ports to an investment fund co-managed with the U. S., the U. S. had “provide a long-term financial commitment to the development of a steady and financially prosperous Ukraine”.
Trump did not appear to be a part of the package when it said that U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine were in place, but he did say on Monday that Vladimir Putin would be willing to install soldiers in Ukraine, a move the Russian president had formerly opposed.
” We’ll see”, Trump said when asked whether Ukraine would have to accept country.
Trump made the remarks before a diplomatic appointment with French President Emmanuel Macron, which marked the occasion of Russia’s next Ukrainian war.
Before the appointment and the couple’s lunch and media meeting, Trump also told reporters the U. S.’s decision to vote against Ukraine’s anniversary U. N. resolution was” self-evident”, once declining to visit Putin a “dictator” despite using the word to describe Zelensky.
” I don’t use those words lightly”, Trump said, adding NATO has advantages when managed “properly”.
Macron had arrived at the White House on Monday morning earlier than expected to join Trump for a virtual meeting of the G7’s foreign leaders.
The president reiterated his claim that the war would have never started if he had been president at the time in Trump’s readout of the meeting, which was posted on social media.
Everyone emphasized the importance of the crucial” Critical Minerals and Rare-Earths Deal” between the United States and Ukraine, which we hope will be signed very soon, and everyone expressed their desire to see the War end. Trump wrote. This agreement, which is an “Economic Partnership,” will allow the American people to recover the tens of billions of dollars and military equipment that was sent to Ukraine and also aid in the growth of Ukraine’s economy as this bloody and brutal war comes to an end.
Trump also emphasized his desire for “major economic development transactions” with Russia, saying that talks with Russia “are proceeding very well” after meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Saudi Arabia this month.
Macron, for his part, described the G7 meeting as “perfect,” the same phrase Trump used to describe his phone conversation with Zelensky in 2019, when he requested assistance from Ukraine for the removal of former president Joe Biden from the House in 2020.
” It was very good, very friendly, as always”, Macron told reporters on his return to Blair House across the road from the White House. ” We did the G7 videoconference , in the Oval Office, and then we had a first discussion, and I come back shortly” . ,
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During Macron’s second arrival at the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump was asked about Pope Francis, who is in critical condition with early kidney failure, though he remains alert.
” We want him to get well”, Trump said. ” It’s a very serious situation. We do want him to get well if that’s possible”.
