White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will soon sign an agreement to cede control of much of his country’s rare earth minerals to the U.S. as part of a process he says will lead to an end to the war with Russia.
Speaking to attendees at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban Maryland on Friday, Waltz said Donald Trump’s leadership as “the president of peace” will result in the war, which started when Russian troops invaded eastern Ukraine, being drawn to a close.
