Experts say proposed deal with U.S. makes no sense
“If you want critical minerals, Ukraine ain’t the place to look for them,” declares Jack Lifton, executive chairman of the Critical Minerals Institute. “It’s a fantasy. There’s no point to any of this. There’s some other agenda going on here. I can’t believe that anybody in Washington actually believes that it makes sense to get rare earths in Ukraine.”
Zelensky was going to sign something, until baby Vance decided to throw a tantrum, and Trump couldn’t resist joining in. I don’t think it was going to be for Trump’s $500 billion amount, but that photo op was supposed to precede a signing.
In any case, odds are that Trump never intended the demand to be met.