The head of the White House stated that Ukraine possesses "very valuable lands in terms of rare earth metals, oil, gas, and more." He believes these resources could "protect" American investments made to assist Kyiv in its fight against Russian aggression, according to Trump.
He mentioned that Ukraine is currently faced with a choice.
"They can agree to a deal, or they may choose not to. They can become part of Russia, or they may not. But we have invested a tremendous amount of money in this, and I told them that I want it back; I said I want an equivalent of about $500 billion in rare earth resources. And they essentially agreed," the U.S. president said in an interview.