There is no minerals deal

The world is chasing its tail over something that exists solely to soothe Trump

It’s been widely reported that the Ukraine “minerals deal” has its origins in an idea dreamed up by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to try to give the US a tangible reason for continuing to support Ukraine. Clearly it lodged in Trump’s mind as a ‘beautiful deal’ and it morphed to the point where Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was dispatched to Kyiv to dem…