USA urges Ukraine to «lower the tone» and accept Trump’s proposal on his minerals

The White House National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, said Thursday that the Ukrainian government needs to «reduce the tone» after the tense crossing of insults among US President Donald Trump, and his counterpart from Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski.

«They have to reduce the tone, analyze the situation well and sign that agreement,» Waltz said Thursday in an interview with the Fox News conservative chain.

Trump’s interest in Ukraine resources

Zelenski revealed Wednesday, for the first time at a press conference, which last week The United States proposed to Ukraine to yield 50 % of its natural resources To Washington, especially minerals and rare earths key to technological development, such as compensation for past aid to kyiv, without guarantees of future assistance.

According to the Ukrainian president, the agreement does not include any commitment that the US will continue to support Ukraine, which has led his government not to sign it.

In addition, Waltz considered «unacceptable» kyiv’s refusal to accept the miner and his criticisms in which Trump is carrying peace conversations.

«We have presented to the Ukrainians an incredible and historical opportunity: that the United States invests in Ukraine, promotes its economy, its natural resources and becomes a partner for their future in a sustainable way. This would be the best security guarantee that they could expect, much more than another cargo of ammunition, ”he said.

Zelenski meets this Thursday in Ukraine with the special envoy of the US for war, Keith Kellogg, in a meeting whose conclusions could be key.

The relations between Washington and kyiv are going through a particularly delicate moment after Trump and Zelenski exchanged insults, with the American calling «dictator» to the Ukrainian and is accusing the US president to live in a bubble of «misinformation» from Russia.

The US vice president, JD Vance, also intervened in the controversy by warning yesterday in statements to The Daily Mail to publicly criticize Trump would only harm Zelenski.efe.efe