And Ukraine is willing to cut some kind of deal. Kyiv has been courting American investment since 2023. According to the New York Times, that push included a Trump-Zelensky meeting and visits to the US from Ukrainian officials pitching deals for lithium and titanium. The US and Ukraine are at least discussing some kind of metals-for-security deal.

We expect these meetings to take place very soon, especially the meeting with President Zelenskyy,” Leavitt said. President Trump aims to sign a rare earth metals agreement with Ukraine, she added. The American leader believes Zelenskyy will sign the deal,