Minerals deal will provide Ukraine with protection from ‘bad actors’, says Trump

Oleg Davygora23:08, 30.04.25

The president claims that a US presence in the mining areas will “keep a lot of bad actors out of the country.”

US President Donald Trump said he did not want to “make a difficult deal” on minerals with Ukraine, during a press conference at the White House .

“We made a deal where our money is safe, where we can start drilling and do what we need to do,” he said.

Trump claims that a US presence in the mining areas will “keep a lot of bad actors out of the country.”

“I assume that they (Ukraine) will comply with it. I entrusted this matter to Scott (Bessent), and he explained everything perfectly, but we have not seen the fruits of this agreement yet. I think we will see,” the US president said.

Minerals Agreement – Details

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant said that Ukraine requested at the last minute to change the Ukrainian-American minerals agreement .

Earlier, the British newspaper Financial Times reported that disagreements arose between Ukraine and the United States at the last moment regarding the subsoil agreement and its signing may be disrupted.

According to the publication, Ukrainian officials disagree with US claims that Kyiv demanded some changes to the agreement. According to FT interlocutors in the Ukrainian government, Washington insists that an annex on the investment fund being created must be signed along with the framework agreement, while Ukraine believes that it must first be ratified by the Verkhovna Rada.

According to the FT, Bessent suggested to the Ukrainian delegation to sign all the documents “or go home.”

(c)UNIAN 2025

4 comments

      • That’s because Trump is the POTUS and misguiding the country. Being the most powerful nation on Earth, this naturally gets everyone more nervous than the little Nazi runt in moscovia can with his Second World trash country.

  1. “keep a lot of bad actors out of the country.”

    There is only one bad actor. Trump is either afraid to name the bad actor, or is protecting the bad actor, which is mafia land.

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