Trump is in talks with Russia to end the war

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The U.S. and Ukraine are nearing a deal that would hand valuable mineral rights to the U.S., an agreement that the Trump administration has sought as compensation for military aid to fight off Russia’s invasion-WSJ

I thought there was no way the US would get mineral rights.... well at least according to some 



https://www.wsj.com/world/white-house-an...s-e924c672

White House and Ukraine Close In on Deal for Mineral RightsAgreement

could help resolve tensions that flared up between Zelensky and Trump 
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President Trump. PHOTO: NATHAN HOWARD/REUTERSThe U.S. and Ukraine are nearing a deal that would hand valuable mineral rights to the U.S., an agreement that the Trump administration has sought as compensation for military aid to fight off Russia’s invasion, people familiar with the matter said. 
Ukraine had refused to sign such a deal earlier this week, sparking a war of words between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and fears of a break in relations between Washington and Kyiv. 
In an apparent nod to an impending deal, Zelensky said in a nightly video address Friday that teams of U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators were working on a draft agreement.
“This is an agreement that can strengthen our relations, and the key is to work out the details to ensure its effectiveness,” he said. “I look forward to the outcome—a just result.” 

 
Asked about the prospect of a deal on minerals with Ukraine, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Friday: “I think they want it. They feel good about it.”
[Image: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/...ipo=images]Zelensky’s initial rejection of the deal proposed by Bessent had prompted escalating broadsides from Trump against the Ukrainian president. Trump called Zelensky a dictator after Zelensky suggested Trump was living in a bubble of Russian disinformation.
Trump’s Ukraine envoy, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, met with Zelensky in Kyiv Thursday, a meeting that Ukraine’s president said afterward “restores hope.”
“I gave instructions to work swiftly and very sensibly,” Zelensky said.
A person close to the government in Kyiv said Kellogg played “a big part” in finalizing terms of the deal by building trust with Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials over a three-day visit to the country’s capital.