France s President Emmanuel Macron, US president-elect Donald Trump and Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky after a gathering at The Elysee Palace in Paris in December of final 12 months.
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France s President Emmanuel Macron, US president-elect Donald Trump and Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky after a gathering at The Elysee Palace in Paris in December of final 12 months.
MATHILDE KACZKOWSKI/Hans Lucas/AFP through Getty Photos
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to fulfill President Donald Trump on the White Home.
On the agenda — a deal for Ukraine to share it is wealthy pure sources. The Trump administration desires lots of of billions of {dollars} of uncommon earth metals and different crucial minerals. Particulars are skinny on what precisely Ukraine would get in change.
The assembly comes because the world marks three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and as Trump guarantees to deliver an finish to the battle.
However bringing an finish to the battle will not be so easy argues Alexander Vindman.
The Ukrainian-born Vindman was the White Home staffer and lively responsibility Military officer, who testified towards Trump throughout his first impeachment trial in 2019.
Trump fired Vindman not lengthy after.
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