Posted on 03/04/2025 1:01:32 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and Ukraine plan to sign the much-debated minerals deal following a disastrous Oval Office meeting Friday in which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was dismissed from the building, four people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump has told his advisers that he wants to announce the agreement in his address to Congress Tuesday evening, three of the sources said, cautioning that the deal had yet to be signed and the situation could change.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ukraine’s presidential administration in Kyiv and the Ukrainian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The deal was put on hold on Friday after a contentious Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that resulted in the Ukrainian leader's swift departure from the White House. Zelenskiy had traveled to Washington to sign the deal.
In that meeting, Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelenskiy, telling him he should thank the U.S. for its support rather than asking for additional aid in front of the U.S. media.
"You're gambling with World War III," Trump said.
U.S. officials have in recent days spoken to officials in Kyiv about signing the minerals deal despite Friday's blow-up, and urged Zelenskiy's advisers to convince the Ukrainian president to apologize openly to Trump, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.
On Tuesday, Zelenskiy posted on X that Ukraine was ready to sign the deal and calling the Oval Office meeting "regrettable." (Excerpt)
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
“bimbo: You used to start your UKE threads out with “Slava Ukraini” until Jim told you to stop.”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4302080/posts?page=29#29
That praise concluded the posts of speeches by President Zelenski. I didn’t think edit a presidential address.
However, when objection was raised I stopped. Even my response to your comment did not repeat phrase.
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