US, Ukraine sign watered down minerals deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The deal also specifies that the Reconstruction Investment Fund should not threaten or interfere with Kyiv's ambition to join the EU - a key strategic goal for Bankova (Ukraine's equivalent of the Kremlin).
43% : Trump said he had pressed Zelensky at Vatican City to sign off on the minerals deal during a phone interview with NewsNation network on April 30.
36% : Trump last week presented Ukraine and its European allies with a seven-point "final offer" peace plan that was rejected.
35% : "We made a deal where our money is secure, where we can start digging and doing what we have to do," Trump said at a cabinet meeting on April 30.
34% : Previously Trump was demanding that Kyiv pay $500bn to the US for the cost of US support to Ukraine over the last three years.
29% : " The deal hands Trump an important PR win as he completes his first 100 days in office but has seen his support in the polls tank, falling below 40%, the worst result for any president's honeymoon period in over 80 years.
23% : While details of the conversation have not been released, Trump made some tougher comments criticising Russia's missile attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine following the meeting and repeated suggestion that he might impose new harsh sanctions on Russia if a ceasefire was not agreed.
22% : The progress comes after a tense one-on-one meeting between Trump and Zelenskiy during the Pope's funeral at the weekend where he sought to bring Trump closer to Ukraine's position.

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