President Donald Trump says he wants to secure access to Ukraine’s supply of rare earth minerals in exchange for continued US assistance to the country, APA reports citing CNN.
“We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine, where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earths and other things,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, complaining that Europe had not provided Ukraine the same level of aid as the United States.
“We have an ocean in between. They don’t. It’s more important for them than it is for us,” he said.
Trump told reporters that Ukraine’s government had signaled openness to the idea of exchanging its supplies of lithium, titanium and other rare earth minerals for continued American aid.
“I want to have security of rare earth. We’re putting in hundreds of billions of dollars. They have great rare earths. And I want security of the rare earth, and they’re willing to do,” Trump said.
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