Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls Zelensky’s actions ‘one of the greatest diplomatic mishaps of all time.’
He went on to say that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had already twice refused to sign a minerals deal before Friday.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified that Zelensky told him during a meeting in Kyiv that he would not sign a mineral deal, which would exchange billions of dollars in US aid funding for rare earths and other resources from Ukraine. He stated that Zelensky also refused to close the deal with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Zelenskyy could have signed the deal five days earlier but wanted to come to the White House.
He’d been difficult for two weeks. Yet he wanted the White House meeting. Trump was upbeat about it even just the day before publicly and privately the day of.
Although he could have…
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) March 1, 2025
On Friday, Trump and Vance publicly reprimanded Zelensky in front of reporters, with cameras rolling. Thank you, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, for standing up and making America strong again!
He doesn’t care about the deaths. Look at his face when Trump starts talking about the deaths. pic.twitter.com/gD7FeA2oLl
— SouthernRepublicanMomma🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@floridaborn0613) March 1, 2025
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