What we know about Trump's Ukraine mineral deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : " EU guarantees: It also keeps the door open for Ukraine's potential future membership in the European Union, saying that investment needs to be made in accordance with Ukraine's obligations as an EU candidate state.
48% : It was this demand that ultimately led to the shouty meeting between Zelensky and Trump in the Oval Office in February.
44% : Aid: Crucially, the deal does not call for Kyiv to reimburse the US for the aid it has already received - a key concession from Trump who has long framed the agreement as Ukraine "paying back" the US.
44% : Trump then refused to provide security guarantees, saying he wanted Ukraine to sign the agreement first and talk about guarantees later.
43% : And although Trump has referred to the agreement as a "rare earth" deal, the accord signed on Wednesday goes well beyond that by including other natural resources such as oil, natural gas, gold and copper.
31% : When Zelensky rejected that idea, Trump called him "a dictator.

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