Trump dodges questions on rare earth minerals deal for Putin’s peace
The article reports that former President Donald Trump is preparing to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, amid reports that Trump intends to discuss offering rare earth minerals as part of a potential deal to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump avoided detailed questions about this during a press appearance, emphasizing the importance of the meeting adn expressing a hope to save lives.He referenced a previous natural resources agreement he signed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr zelensky, framing it as compensation for U.S.expenditures in Ukraine. Trump downplayed the meaning of rare earth minerals in the larger context and acknowledged the difficulty of brokering peace in the Ukraine conflict, despite having claimed to have resolved several other wars recently.
Trump dodges questions on rare earth minerals deal for Putin’s peace
President Donald Trump did his best to avoid questions about reports that he hopes to talk Russian President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire in Ukraine by offering up rare earth minerals.
Trump is slated to meet with Putin in Alaska on Friday afternoon. He spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday ahead of his departure.
“We’re going to see what happens with our meeting. We have a big meeting,” Trump said when asked if he hopes to ply Putin with some type of economic partnership. “It’s going to be very important for Russia and very important for us, and important to us since we’re trying to save a lot of lives.”
Trump, staring down a follow-up question on the matter, recounted the natural resources deal he signed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this year.
“We made that as payment for all of the money that we’ve spent so foolishly in Ukraine. We spent $350 billion now,” he added. “If we can get the war stopped, we’ll be very happy. As far as rare earth, that’s very unimportant relatively.”
Earlier in the day, Trump sought to laugh off his inability thus far to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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“You know, I’ve solved six wars in the last six months, a little more than six months now, and I’m very proud of it. I thought the easiest one would be this one,” he said of the war. “It’s actually the most difficult.”
You can watch Trump’s remarks in full below.
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