The White House was all like, “Yo, we signed this economic thing with Ukraine on Wednesday night, bruh!” They were talking about owning and extracting natural resources from Ukraine, which is all messed up from the war and stuff. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was like, “We’re gonna invest with Ukraine to help them bounce back from this mess.” He said it’s all about making Ukraine free, sovereign, and rich. The Russian Embassy didn’t say nothin’ ’bout the deal yet.
Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s economy minister, spilled the tea on the minerals deal. She said Ukraine gets to decide what to dig up and keep the land. Both Ukraine and the US will run the investment fund together, without one side having more power. They’re gonna use money from new Ukrainian oil, gas, and mineral licenses to fund it. The money will go into projects to get those resources out of the ground and build stuff around it. And get this – the US is gonna pitch in too, but we’re not sure how much.
Trump was like, “This deal is gonna help us get back the money we gave Ukraine during the war.” He said it’s all about getting what we need and making sure our cash is safe. The deal doesn’t say anything about Ukraine owing us money. Trump and the Ukrainian President met in Rome and Trump was feeling good about their relationship. He said they’re close to ending the war and Putin needs to chill with the attacks on Kyiv.
After meeting with a US envoy, Putin was like, “Yeah, we’re making progress.” Trump was like, “Let’s get Ukraine and Russia to talk and end this mess.” They haven’t talked since the war started, so it’s a big deal. Maybe we’re finally getting somewhere, who knows?
Nnamdi Egwuonwu is a politics reporter at NBC News.
