U.S. to acquire rights to rare earth minerals after signing deal with Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : President Trump envisioned this partnership between the American people and the Ukrainian people to show both sides' commitment to lasting peace and prosperity in Ukraine.
59% : Trump, during the NewsNation interview, said he told Zelensky, "It's a very good thing" if he signed this deal.
52% : "We made a deal today where we get, you know, much more in theory, than the $350 billion but I wanted to be protected," Trump said Wednesday night during an interview on NewsNation.
48% : Trump and Zelensky held a 15-minute face-to-face meeting before Pope Francis' funeral in the Vatican.
43% : "President Zelensky has shown time and again that he is willing to negotiate to work towards a sustainable peace; now is the time for Trump to put the pressure on Putin where it belongs.
31% : President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were originally set to sign the minerals deal on Feb. 28, but the plan was scrapped after a tense exchange between them in the Oval Office in which Trump accused him of "gambling with World War III." "Thanks to President Trump's tireless efforts to secure a lasting peace, I am glad to announce the signing of today's historic economic partnership agreement between the United States and Ukraine establishing the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund," U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said.
26% : U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, blasted Trump after the deal was signed.
18% : "Unfortunately, Donald Trump has so far demonstrated nothing but weakness by capitulating to Putin every step of the way, with nothing to show for it in return, while fixating his attacks on Zelensky and Ukraine.

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