France s President Emmanuel Macron, US president-elect Donald Trump and Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky after a meeting at The Elysee Palace in Paris in December of last year.
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France s President Emmanuel Macron, US president-elect Donald Trump and Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky after a meeting at The Elysee Palace in Paris in December of last year.
MATHILDE KACZKOWSKI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump at the White House.
On the agenda — a deal for Ukraine to share it’s rich natural resources. The Trump administration wants hundreds of billions of dollars of rare earth metals and other critical minerals. Details are thin on what exactly Ukraine would get in exchange.
The meeting comes as the world marks three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and as Trump promises to bring an end to the war.
But bringing an end to the war may not be so simple argues Alexander Vindman.
The Ukrainian-born Vindman was the White House staffer and active duty Army officer, who testified against Trump during his first impeachment trial in 2019.
Trump fired Vindman not long after.
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This episode was produced by Marc Rivers and Alejandra Marquez Janse.
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