In brief: US President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Real America’s Voice that the critical minerals deal signed with Kyiv allows the US to access Ukraine’s rare earth resources “at any time” and take “pretty much whatever we want,” valuing the agreement at over $300 billion. The bilateral deal, signed in April 2025, actually establishes a 50/50 revenue-sharing recovery fund managed by the US Development Finance Corporation and Ukraine’s PPP Agency.
by Kyiv Post | Aug. 1, 2026
US President Donald Trump asserted on Friday that the critical minerals agreement signed between Washington and Kyiv allows the US to access Ukraine’s rare earth resources “at any time.”
In an interview with the Real America’s Voice broadcast on July 31, Trump characterized the bilateral agreement as highly favorable to the US.
“Ukraine is very rich, has very fertile soil in terms of rare earth [minerals]. And we have a contract signed having to do with rare earth,” Trump stated. “We can go in there at any time we want to take pretty much whatever we want. That was a pretty good deal.”
Trump added that the potential value of the agreement for the US could exceed $300 billion.
Structure of the 2025 minerals agreement
The minerals agreement referenced by Trump was signed by the US and Ukraine in April 2025 following extensive negotiations.
The deal outlines the creation of a joint US-Ukrainian recovery investment fund structured on a 50/50 revenue-sharing model. The fund’s operations are managed jointly by the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Ukraine’s Agency for Public-Private Partnership Support, which operates under the Ministry of Economy.
Revenue generated for the fund is intended to come from royalties, licensing fees, and production-sharing agreements related to the extraction of critical minerals, rare earth elements, and fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas.
However, the legal framework of the agreement contradicts Trump’s assertion of unrestricted access. According to the finalized terms, Ukraine retains full sovereign ownership over all subsoil assets.
Furthermore, the revenue-sharing mechanism applies exclusively to newly issued extraction licenses, meaning legacy state-owned enterprises like Ukrnafta remain entirely under Ukrainian control.
The agreement also excludes any debt obligations for Ukraine. The text specifies that Kyiv is not required to reimburse Washington for military aid provided during the Russian full-scale invasion, contrary to previous claims by Trump that the US had given Ukraine over $300 billion that needed to be repaid.
All revenues generated by the joint recovery fund are mandated to be reinvested exclusively within Ukraine, with both nations contributing to reconstruction efforts. According to initial estimates from Ukrainian officials, the fund is not expected to generate liquid returns for at least a decade.
Liza Rose from Stand With Ukraine:
President Donald J. Trump claims United States Can Take ‘Whatever We Want’ from Ukraine Mines.
Trump is joyous at the notion that he can “take whatever he wants” from a nation enduring five years of inhumane treatment by enemy Russians.
1. 20,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted and trafficked by Russians since 2022. They are still in Russia.
2. Ukrainian civilian women and children are eliminated in their beds each night by Russians.
This has been ongoing for 5 years.
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Budapest Hungary to perform Foreign Election Interference this year.
He promoted the election of Vladimir Putin’s biggest supporter of the illegal invasion and crimes upon Ukraine.
While promoting Putin’s ally,
JD Vance cackled, “his proudest accomplishment was taking away all aid to Ukrainians.”
Yesterday Donald J. Trump walked back his promise to Ukraine of license to produce Patriot defense systems. This system defends against the missiles striking children.
Trump walked back that promise yesterday.
Now today Trump exclaims happiness at the thought of taking vital minerals from a nation enduring crimes against humanity.
US President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Real America’s Voice that the critical minerals deal signed with Kyiv allows the US to access Ukraine’s rare earth resources “at any time” and take “pretty much whatever we want,” valuing the agreement at over $300 billion.
Trump’s assertion is not only deeply evil it is misleading. It is simply not true.
The bilateral deal, signed in April 2025, actually establishes a 50/50 revenue-sharing recovery fund managed by the US Development Finance Corporation and Ukraine’s PPP Agency.
🟡 Question: If Donald Trump’s administration were working directly for dictator Vladimir Putin how would things be different?
🟡 Answer: Nothing would be different. Everything Donald Trump and JD Vance do is exactly what Putin wants them to do.
First Trump walks back his promise that brought hope to Ukrainians for Patriot system production.
Now Trump gleefully exclaims his excitement to strip the Ukrainians of the little that has not been taken by the enemy Russians.
Donald Trump and JD Vance are evil.
Do you agree that these actions are pure evil?
“While promoting Putin’s ally,
JD Vance cackled, “his proudest accomplishment was taking away all aid to Ukrainians.”
You have to pinch yourself. Did that cocksucker really say that?
Well yes he did; and he’s just one step away from the most powerful job in the world …
Zelensky, Vance Talk Patriots Amid Trump Uncertainty
In brief: President Volodymyr Zelensky said he held a “positive and productive” call with US Vice President JD Vance on Friday, July 31, regarding the Patriot interceptors. Their call came just hours after US President Donald Trump appeared to soften an earlier commitment to let Ukraine manufacture the missiles domestically.
by Kyiv Post | July 31, 2026,
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81497
This fat orange ghoul is happy to rob a country fighting for its very survival. How low our once great nation has sunk with this subhuman trash as president!