Trump Hints at Security Strategy Behind Teetering Deal for Ukraine's Natural Resources

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The social media message Trump reposted on March 2 praised his negotiating tactics.
48% : Trump expressed hopes that such military assistance wouldn't be needed if he could help arrange a peace agreement.
43% : Those plans fell through as he pushed for stronger security assurances and clashed with Trump and Vice President JD Vance over the viability of diplomacy and Ukraine's leverage at the negotiating table.
37% : Before his Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy collapsed, Trump had expressed willingness to provide Ukraine with some additional arms shipments.
35% : For weeks, Trump has been discussing a deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which the United States would share in the profits of Ukraine's future natural resource development.
28% : Trump has presented the deal as an opportunity for the United States to recoup some of its costs from supporting Ukraine in the war and as a way to ensure compensation for future U.S. aid.

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