Trump White House Asked What Kind Of Leverage Minerals Deal Gives Ukraine Over Russia

At a White House press briefing, Stephen Miller was asked about how the rare earths minerals deal helps Ukraine gain leverage over Russia.

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00:00So on the railroad funeral deal that was signed last night, when can that deal

00:06be operationalized? What's the time frame? And what kind of what kind of

00:10leverage does that give Ukraine over Russia? I think the more important point

00:14about the Ukraine deal and I would hopefully have an update for you soon

00:18on how quickly can be operationalized but we'll be moving at full speed not

00:21only on that mineral deal by the way but on every mineral deal that this

00:25president has been unleashing. So we're opening up mines all across this

00:27country we're also pursuing energy and mineral deals all over the world since

00:32the president issued his executive order also on deregulating coal we've seen

00:37dramatic coal production increases already in the United States so we're

00:40taking advantage of the trillions of dollars in coal wealth and mineral wealth

00:44that exists in the United States we're a very mineral rich country but with

00:47respect to that deal we'll move it and operationalize it as fast as we possibly

00:52can but it's meant to pay back the United States it's the key point for the

00:56hundreds of billions of dollars that our taxpayers have spent subsidizing the

01:01war in Ukraine so it is repayment to the United States and that's one of the

01:05most important points to understand about what's the leverage does it give what

01:08kind of leverage does it get the president's goal again is to end the

01:13killing to achieve a peace settlement that remains of course the overriding

01:17objective

01:19we do thank you so much

01:20thank you Steve