US won’t give Ukraine ‘too many’ security guarantees, Trump says
27 February 01:34
US President Donald Trump has said that Washington is not going to provide Ukraine with “too many” security guarantees. Trump said this during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers at the White House, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Trump is convinced that Europe should support Kyiv. This is in the interests of the region, as European countries are Ukraine’s neighbors
“I am not going to provide security guarantees that go beyond a very high level. We will ask Europe to do that,” Trump said at his first Cabinet meeting.
According to him, the US will cooperate with Ukraine in the field of rare earth elements.
“But we’re going to make sure it goes well. And as you know, we will cooperate with Ukraine in the field of rare earth elements. We really need rare earths. They have great rare earths,” the US President said.
According to him, the agreement “is also beneficial for Ukraine, because it attracts us there, and we will work there.”
“It’s also a great advantage for Ukraine, because we’re going to be working there, we’re going to be on the ground, and you know, it’s kind of an automatic security because nobody will mess with our people when we’re there, and so we’re going to be there, but Europe will be watching very closely,” the US president added.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. This deadline has already passed.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The plan was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war, taking into account the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, included a provision that Russia would retain the territories it temporarily occupied and that Ukraine would not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. Trump’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak on his behalf.
Currently, the US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days within which he wants to reach some kind of agreement. Of these, 37 days have already passed. During this time, the US Presidential Administration has established contact with the Kremlin, an American envoy has traveled to Moscow, and a meeting of the highest level negotiators has taken place in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine was not present at this meeting.
Meanwhile, in exchange for military support, US President Donald Trump demanded $500 billion worth of rare earth metals from Ukraine. He said that the US should have access to Ukraine’s natural resources, regardless of whether Kyiv manages to reach a peace agreement with Russia.
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