{"id":2406073,"date":"2025-02-24T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-previews-zelensky-visit-on-pending-deal-for-ukraines-minerals-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:12:52","slug":"trump-previews-zelensky-visit-on-pending-deal-for-ukraines-minerals-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-previews-zelensky-visit-on-pending-deal-for-ukraines-minerals-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump previews Zelensky visit on pending deal for Ukraine&#8217;s minerals &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-previews-zelensky-visit-on-pending-deal-for-ukraines-minerals-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent declaration, \u200cPresident \u200bDonald Trump hinted at the possibility of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u200b visiting the White House to sign a \u2063deal \u2062regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-rented-a-tesla-for-a-week-and-am-totally-sold-on-gas-powered-cars\/\" title=\"Rented a Tesla, now hooked on gas-powered cars.\">rare earth \u200cminerals<\/a>, aimed at enhancing cooperation between\u200b Ukraine \u200band the \u200cUnited States in the\u2062 context of the ongoing\u200d Russia-Ukraine war. Trump mentioned\u200d that the agreement is nearing completion and involves Ukraine \u200ccontributing a significant portion of its revenue from natural resources in exchange for U.S. investment in the country\u2019s prosperity.\u200c Although U.S. security guarantees \u2062for Ukraine are not explicitly part of\u200d the\u2062 deal, Trump\u200d noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin may now be open to the idea\u2064 of peacekeepers\u2063 in \u2064Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting wiht French President\u200c Emmanuel Macron, which\u2063 coincided with \u200cthe \u2062third anniversary\u2064 of\u2062 the war, Trump reiterated his stance \u2063that the conflict would not have occurred had he been in office at the time. He expressed the importance of advancing the economic partnership through this\u200d minerals deal, claiming it would support both Ukraine&#8217;s recovery and\u2064 safeguard\u200d American financial interests\u200c previously committed to Ukraine.The meeting also touched on the potential for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economy-added-339000-new-jobs-in-may-despite-fed-rate-hikes-unemployment-at-3-7\/\" title=\"May&#039;s economy gained 339k jobs despite Fed rate hikes, with unemployment at 3.7%.\">major economic developments<\/a>\u2062 with Russia, signaling \u200dongoing diplomatic efforts. Throughout, \u200dTrump maintained a nuanced approach to his language regarding key figures in the conflict, including refraining from labeling Putin as a\u2064 dictator.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump previews possible Zelensky visit to DC to sign mineral deal with Ukraine<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2018280\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> previewed the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukrainian<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> coming to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House <\/a>as early as this week to sign a rare earth minerals deal with the United States as Trump tries to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a>-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I will be meeting with President Zelensky. In fact, he may come in this week or next week to sign the agreement,&rdquo; Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. &ldquo;The agreement is being worked on now. They are very close to a final deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>More details regarding the deal emerged earlier Monday, including that, in exchange for Ukraine contributing 50% of its revenue from minerals, oil and gas, infrastructure, and its ports to an investment fund co-managed with the U.S., the U.S. would &ldquo;provide a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">long-term financial commitment<\/a> to the development of a stable and economically prosperous Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. security guarantees to Ukraine do not appear to be part of the deal, but Trump did announce on Monday that Vladimir Putin would be open to having peacekeepers in Ukraine, a proposal the Russian president has previously opposed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll see,&rdquo; Trump said when asked whether Ukraine would have to concede territory.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump greets French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Feb. 24, 2025. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump made the comments before a bilateral meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">French<\/a> President Emmanuel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Macron<\/a>, held on the third anniversary of Russia&rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Before the meeting and the pair&rsquo;s lunch and press conference, Trump also told reporters the U.S.&rsquo;s decision to vote against Ukraine&rsquo;s anniversary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.N. <\/a>resolution was &ldquo;self-evident,&rdquo; again declining to call Putin a &ldquo;dictator&rdquo; despite using the word to describe Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t use those words lightly,&rdquo; Trump said, adding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NATO<\/a> has advantages when managed &ldquo;properly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Macron had been at the White House hours earlier than expected Monday morning to attend a virtual meeting of G7 foreign leaders in person alongside Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In Trump&rsquo;s readout of the meeting, posted to social media, the president repeated his position that the war would have never started if he had been president then.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone expressed their goal of seeing the War end, and I emphasized the importance of the vital &lsquo;Critical Minerals and Rare-Earths Deal&rsquo; between the United States and Ukraine, which we hope will be signed very soon!&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;This deal, which is an &lsquo;Economic Partnership,&rsquo; will ensure the American people recoup the Tens of Billions of Dollars and Military Equipment sent to Ukraine, while also helping Ukraine&rsquo;s economy grow as this Brutal and Savage War comes to an end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, President Emmanuel Macron of France joined me in the Oval Office to speak to the G7 Summit. The meeting was convened by Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, the current chair of G7, to acknowledge the Third Anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine War &ndash; Which would have never&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1894070206680707075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump similarly underscored his desire for &ldquo;major Economic Development transactions&rdquo; with Russia, saying negotiations &ldquo;are proceeding very well&rdquo; after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Secretary of State<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a>, national security adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-waltz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Waltz<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Middle East<\/a> special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian Foreign Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sergey-lavrov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sergey Lavrov<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Saudi Arabia<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Macron called the G7 meeting &ldquo;perfect,&rdquo; a description Trump used for his phone conversation with Zelensky in 2019, during which he asked Ukraine for help finding political dirt on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> and ended in his first impeachment by the House in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was very good, very friendly, as always,&rdquo; Macron told reporters on his return to Blair House across the road from the White House. &ldquo;We did the G7 videoconference&nbsp;in the Oval Office, and then we had a first discussion, and I come back shortly.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During Macron&rsquo;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.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want him to get well,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very serious situation. We do want him to get well if that&rsquo;s possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> and President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EmmanuelMacron<\/a> give a message to Pope Francis &#127482;&#127480;&#127467;&#127479; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/878A5ZMrpl\">pic.twitter.com\/878A5ZMrpl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargoMartin47\/status\/1894088472979226647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2018280\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2018280\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump hints at Zelensky&#8217;s potential visit to sign mineral deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2406074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Macron-White-House.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3634,6991,8630],"class_list":["post-2406073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-trump","tag-ukraine","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Macron-White-House.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406077,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406073\/revisions\/2406077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}