There was tension and disappointment in the room: Kiev’s cllown yelled at US Treasury Secretary Bessent
Bessent says US-Ukraine deal has ‘implicit’ economic security guarantee
By Tara Suter
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a U.S.-Ukraine deal featuring “strategic minerals, energy and state-owned enterprises” has an “implicit” economic security guarantee.
“This deal is part of President Trump’s long-arc negotiating strategy for peace between Ukraine and Russia, and … let the Ukrainians get back … to … a peaceful existence,” Bessent told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“So, the first part of this is a partnership between Ukraine and the U.S. that involves strategic minerals, energy and state-owned enterprises where we set up a partnership and we are only looking forward,” he continued.
Bessent added later that the deal features “an implicit guarantee that if the United States of America is heavily invested in the economic future … I call it an economic security guarantee.”
“The more assets that U.S. companies have on the ground, the bigger interest that the U.S. has in the future of [the] Ukrainian economy doing well, the more security it creates for the Ukrainian people, and the … the higher the return for the U.S. taxpayer,” the Treasury secretary continued.
Last week, Bessent went to Ukraine and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Security matters. Moscow and its allies cannot be allowed to gain control over Ukraine, and that means we must work together—across the free world,” Zelensky said on the social platform X on the meeting with the Treasury secretary.
The New York Times has reported that U.S. officials have recently been pushing for a proposal in which the U.S. receives half of all revenues from Ukrainian natural resources, alongside earnings by way of ports and other infrastructure.
Witnesses baffled by Zelensky claims Scott Bessent was ‘trembling’ during meeting: ‘100% fake news’
By Charles Speiring
Sources close to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have denied claims he was ‘trembling’ after a recent meeting with President Voldymyr Zelensky, dismissing it as ‘fake news.’
The Financial Times claimed Bessent was ‘visibly flustered’ after meeting the Ukrainian president with ‘his hands trembling.’
Zelensky reportedly grew very angry with Donald Trump’s finance chief for making demands to exchange Ukrainian mineral resources for more security funding, raising his voice in a way that could be heard outside of the room.
‘He was very angry,’ a person present told the Financial Times.
However the DailyMail.com has been told the report was ‘100 percent fake news’ spread by Zelensky’s team and disputed the characterization of the events.
Two sources told DailyMail.com there was tension and disappointment in the room as obviously they thought it was a ‘done deal’ with Zelensky, but disputed the notion that Bessent was shaking afterwards.
Video of Bessent’s remarks with Zelensky after the meeting showed he was increasingly cautious and his voice trembled as he spoke to reporters. He also appeared to be sweating as he spoke about future negotiations with Ukraine.
The exchange between Zelensky and Bessent kicked of several days of angry statements from the Ukrainian president and Trump that threatened to destroy any goodwill between the two countries.
Trump fired back, describing Zelensky as a ‘modestly successful comedian’ before becoming president and ‘a Dictator without elections.’
‘Zelensky better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,’ Trump warned, but added that the Ukrainian president ‘probably wants to keep the ‘gravy train going.’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Kyiv
But Trump indicated Monday there is a strong possibility that Zelensky would eventually sign a minerals agreement, suggesting a deal between the two countries could close ‘this week or next week.’
Zelensky, however, indicated there were more negotiations required before he could sign a deal, complaining of a ‘one-to-two ratio’ of repayment to the United States in return for aid.
‘I’m not signing something that will have to be repaid by generations and generations of Ukrainians,’ he said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14431271/Scott-Bessent-fake-news-Voldymyr-Zelensky-shaking.html
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