Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reveals Zelensky nixed Trump’s mineral deal twice prior to Oval Office blowup

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had already twice refused to sign a minerals deal with the United States.

“This has to be one of the greatest diplomatic mishaps of all time by President Zelensky,” Bessent said in an interview Friday with Laura Ingraham, host of Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”

Bessent explained that Zelensky told him during a meeting in Kyiv that he would not sign a mineral deal, which would exchange billions of dollars in US aid funding for rare earths and other resources from Ukraine. Zelensky also refused to close the deal with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Bessent stated.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reveals Zelensky nixed Trump’s mineral deal twice prior to Oval Office blowup

Appearing on ‘The Ingraham Angle,’ Scott Bessent told Laura Ingraham, ‘This has to be one of the greatest diplomatic mishaps of all time by President Zelensky.’

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which would exchange billions of dollars in US aid funding for rare earths and other resources


Translation.....the little shit wants FREE money!

 

[christiefan915]

which would exchange billions of dollars in US aid funding for rare earths and other resources


Translation.....the little shit wants FREE money!

Admit you don't know why Zelensky turned down some of the offers. $500bn is usury.

"The Ukrainian president rejected an initial request from the US for $500bn (£395bn) in mineral wealth, but media reports say this demand has now been dropped.

"The US administration started with a deal that challenged Ukraine's sovereignty, then pushed an exploitative one that would bankrupt the country," Tymofiy Mylovanov, a former minister and head of Kyiv school of economics, told the BBC.

"Now, they've shifted to a reasonable deal with co-ownership and no direct claims on past aid. That could actually benefit Ukraine."

On Tuesday, Trump said the US had given Ukraine between $300bn (£237bn) and $350bn (£276bn) in aid, and that he wanted to "get that money back" through a deal.

But German think tank the Kiel Institute estimates the US has sent $119bn in aid to Ukraine."

Ukraine minerals deal: What we know so far

The White House said the deal, which would give the US access to mineral deposits, was not signed on Friday.

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Kyiv — A draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over rare earth minerals and other natural resources is “not the one President Zelensky would accept,” according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

“It is a strange offer to try and take from a country that is a victim of war, more than it cost to pay for its defence,” the source told CNN.