House Republicans said President Donald Trump should keep the proposed mineral deal with Ukraine on the table despite a public office showdown with Ukrainian President Voldymee Zelensky on Friday.
“I hope Zelenskyy returns to the President with humility and appreciates that he is willing to get those business benefits,” R-Texas Rep. Chip Roy told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
He added that it was a “really great” way for Ukraine to let Russia know that America was on its side.
“We hope we’ll go down that path,” Roy said of the proposed deal.
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House Republicans said President Donald Trump should keep the proposed mineral trade with Ukraine on the table despite a public oval office showdown with Ukraine’s President Voldimia Zelenky on February 28, 2025. (Reuters/Getty)
Vice President JD Vance with President Trump and Zelensky at the White House was shortened after he publicly refrained from making efforts to end the Ukraine-Russian War.
No agreement has been signed to allow the US to access Ukrainian key minerals in exchange for the financial support it has given since 2022, and future investments in the country have been signed, and Zelenkie has been asked to leave early from Trump.
R-Utah MP Burgess Owens said the deal should still be considered “at a definite degree.” He pointed out that the US presence in Ukraine would “stoop the threat of launching the attack we had three years ago.
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President Donald Trump, Center, Vice President JD Vance, Right, Meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who left in the oval office of the White House in Washington, DC (Getty Images) on February 28, 2025
“I think everything should be on the table. Right?” House Maction Maction Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. “I was encouraged today by President Zelensky’s move to say everything he was supposed to say when he was in his oval office last week.
Rep. Ralph Norman, Rs.C. agreed to his GOP colleague that the transaction should not be scrapped.
“Donald Trump did the right thing,” he said. “What Zelensky did to disregard the president. See how he suspended the president. See how he challenged the vice president. It’s unprecedented.”
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“I think everything should be on the table. Right?” House Maction Maction Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
According to Norman, Trump “has to decide what he wants.”
R-Calif. “I think President Zelensky regrets not signing and leaving his mouth closed,” said MP Darrell Issa of the company.
Andy Harris, R-Md, Chair of House Freedom Caucus. He said the deal should continue to be “absolutely” considered.
“I think that’s an advantage for both sides for Ukrainians,” he added. “I was very disappointed that they didn’t take advantage of it.”
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Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky said on March 4, 2025 that Ukraine is “ready to come to the negotiation table.” (Getty Images)
Amidst the new development, Zelenskyy spoke to the controversial meeting again on Tuesday, saying Ukraine is “ready to come to the negotiation table.”
He further stated that the argument with Trump and Vance was “not the way it was supposed to be,” but Zelensky said “it’s time to get things right.”
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“My team and I are ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership, so we are ready to continue the peace,” he said in a lengthy statement on social media.
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