# REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP  
ON INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

The White House  
March 3, 2025

Roosevelt Room

## Remarks by President Trump on Investment Announcement

### The White House

**THE PRESIDENT:** Hello, everybody. Thank you very much.

**Thank you very much.** This is a very big day for a lot of reasons, but this gentleman is a very unique man. I think I can say, in the world of chips, certainly, but in the world pretty much of business, nobody has done what he’s done. For those of you that are into that world, you would say, “Wow, he’s a legend.” But he is a legend. And it’s an honor to be with you. Very great honor. Thank you very much.

**MR. WEI:** Thank you, Mr. President.

**THE PRESIDENT:** Thank you very much.

**Welcoming, from TSMC — which is the biggest there is, at a level that you can’t even calculate, frankly — C.C. Wei, to the White House for a very historic announcement. This is a tremendous thing for our country and, hopefully, for his company.**

We’re also pleased to be joined by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White House AI and crypto czar, David Sacks, another two very highly respected people. It’s great to have you guys involved. And, David, thank you very much for coming on.

**David is sort of the king of intellect in that world.** We have some good people.  
Today, Taiwan Semiconductor is announcing that they will be investing at least $100 billion dollars in new capital in the United States over the next short period of time to build state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing facilities. I think, mostly, it’s going to be in Arizona, which is what I understand, which is a great state. I like it because I won it. But I won most of them — (laughs) — actually. So — but I did. We won it, and we won it big.

The most powerful AI chips in the world will be made right here in America, and it’ll be a big percentage of the chips made by his company. But, as you know, they’re based mostly in Taiwan. And they’re far and away the biggest. There’s nobody even close.

This $100 billion in new investment will go into building five cutting-edge fabrication facilities in the great state that we just discussed, Arizona, and will create thousands of jobs — many thousands of jobs, and they’re high-paying jobs.  
In total, today’s announcement brings Taiwan Semiconductor investments to about $165 billion — they’ve started already — among the largest new foreign direct investments in United States.

Apple, as you know, made a big announcement last week of $500 billion, and we have some others that have announced.

We have many that want to announce.

But I don’t have time to do all of these announcements, I tell you. But, for you, I’m doing the announcement.

**MR. WEI:** Thank you.

**THE PRESIDENT:** This will create hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity and boost America’s dominance in artificial intelligence and beyond.

Semiconductors are the backbone of the 21st century economy — and, really, without the semiconductors, there is no economy — powering everything from AI to automobiles to advanced manufacturing. And we must be able to build the chips and semiconductors that we need right here, in American factories, with American skill and American labor. And that’s exactly what we’re doing.

As you know, Taiwan pretty much has a monopoly on that market. And I think “pretty much” is not a term that’s even appropriate. They do have a monopoly. And this is a tremendous move by the most powerful company in the world.

It’s a matter of economic security. It’s also a matter of national security for us. And, at the same time, Mr. Wei will be able to diversify and have his tremendous presence in another place and a very safe place. And I want to thank Taiwan Semiconductor for doing the announcement.

And I’d like to ask Mr. Wei to say a few words, if you might.

And I’d also like to ask Howard and David — you can say a couple of words. But maybe you should go first because, right now, he’s the most important man in the room. I’m sorry, fellas.

**Please.**

**Thank you very much.** Great honor.

**MR. WEI:** Thank you, Mr. President.

**THE PRESIDENT:** Thank you.

**MR. WEI:** I’m a — I’m a little bit nervous, so I have to pull out my piece of paper.

Mr. President, Secretary Lutnick — and, David, I didn’t know that — your title, but — okay.

**First, I want to thank — say thank you to Mr. President to give me this opportunity to announce our big project in the U.S. TSMC is the world’s largest chip manufacturing, founded by Dr. Morris Chang in 1987. It’s now at the forefront of semiconductor technology, supporting AI advancement and industry growth. In fact, I would like to wind back the time that in 2020 we have to thank President Trump’s vision and his support. So, TSMC start the journey of establishing the advanced chip manufacturing in Arizona. And now, let me proudly say, now the vision become reality.**

In Phoenix, Arizona, with 3,000 employees, we are producing the most advanced chip made on U.S. soil with the success of our first fab.

So, we are now very happy to announce we are going to invest additional 100 billion U.S. dollar in addition to our current 65-billion-U.S.-dollars investment in Arizona. We are going to build three more new fab — be- — after we promised the three fabs already, and another two very advanced packaging fab, and, most important, an R&D center, also in Arizona.

For this, all the investment — $165 billion — is going to create thousand of the high-paid job, as the president just announced. And we are, most important — actually, we are going to produce many AI chips. We are going to produce many chips to support AI’s progress and to support the smartphone’s progress.  
And, again, with that, I want to thank President Trump again for his support.

**And I also want to thank my customers in the U.S., such as Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Broadcom. They all support TSMC’s manufacturing in the U.S. without their support, we probably cannot make it true.**

So, again, I want to thank them. Also, I’d like to thank the TSMC’s employee. Without their effort, we just cannot make it today.

That’s all I want to say.

**THE PRESIDENT:** Thank you.

**Howard, please. David.**

**SECRETARY LUTNICK:** Sure.

**THE PRESIDENT:** Thank you.

**SECRETARY LUTNICK:** So, I’m thrilled to be here today, because President Trump has made it a fundamental objective to bring semiconductor chip manufacturing home to America.

Under the Biden administration, TSMC received a $6 billion grant, and that encouraged them to build $65 billion. So, America gave TSMC 10 percent of the money to build here. And now you’re seeing the power of Donald Trump’s presidency, because TSMC, the greatest manufacturer of chips in the world, is coming to America with $100 billion investment. And, of course, that is backed by the fact that they can come here because they can avoid paying tariffs.

So, the idea is: Come to America. Build greatness in America. Build for the American customers — the Apple, Nvidia, that whole list that Chairman Wei gave — in order to bring production to America.  
So, we’re really, really excited. This continues the most incredible path you’ve ever seen, in these first weeks and months of the Trump administration, of incredible manufacturing coming to America. The keys that the president has called out are coming here. They’re coming here in huge size because they want to be in the greatest market in the world, and they want to avoid the tariffs that, if they’re not here, they’d have to suffer.

So, I want to congratulate C.C. Wei for bringing in this incredible $100 billion investment, but it’s on the shoulders of our president, Donald Trump, which is why he’s coming.

**THE PRESIDENT:** Thank you.

**David.**

**MR. SACKS:** Thank you, sir. Well, the products that TSMC makes are literally the most important products in the world. I mean, these advanced chips power everything. They power AI. They power your phone. They power your cars. And without them, the whole modern economy would stop, but they’re not made in the United States.

So, for TSMC to move here is a huge, huge development, and we owe that to President Trump’s leadership on the economy and Secretary Lutnick as well. And, C.C., thank you for — for coming here.

**Thank you.** Yeah.

**THE PRESIDENT:** Thank you, David.

**So, thank you very much.** A big percentage of chips with this investment will be made now — a big percentage. Worldwide, we had very little. Almost none. We used to have a lot with Intel. But we had very little. And we’ll be at close to 40 percent of the market with this transaction and a couple of others that we’re doing. That’s a tremendous leap — like, a leap that nobody would have really said was possible.

So, I just want to thank you all for being here. If you want a couple of questions.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**Q:** On the —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Ideally on this subject.

**Yes, please.**

**Q:** — specific number of jobs it will create. Cc said thousands —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** They — yeah.

**Q:** — but do you have a better —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** They — you’re probably talking about 25,000 jobs. But it’ll get bigger and bigger with time. Knowing this gentleman, it’ll get bigger and bigger. There’ll be no stopping him. (Laughs.)

**Q:** Mr. President, what more —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Yeah. Brian, go ahead.

**Q:** Right. In addition to the jobs, you talked about national security, and that’s one thing I think a lot of Americans —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Yeah.

**Q:** — at home don’t understand. Explain the national security aspect of this.**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, without the chips and semiconductors, nothing runs today. You can’t buy a car without them. You can’t get a radio, a television, nothing — you can’t get anything. And we thought it was very important — obviously, business was, but we thought even to terms of national security, to have this large percentage of the chips, semiconductors, and other things that they make — the most important product, and not a product that you can really copy. It takes years and years.

You’re on the needle of a pin is total genius. I mean, they can put things — I mean, something the size of the needle, the point of a pin, they put information that is just not even believable.

So, if you would —**

**(Cross-talk.)**

**If you would see this, it’s just really something.**

**Yes, Brian.**

**Q:** Can I — one — one more aspect to that. Honda —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Yeah.

**Q:** — announced they’re coming to Indiana because of the tariffs. Once again —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** That’s right.

**Q:** — you’re bringing additional jobs in manufacturing. Do you want to comment on that as well?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, Honda is coming, and I told you about Apple, that they’re going to be starting to build massively here — $500 billion. And we have many other companies. It’s going to be announced, but we had many that have already announced. And no, it’s going to be great. It’s looking — it’s looking really strong. I don’t think this country has ever seen anything like we’re seeing right now.

Now, the tariffs, as you know, it will start a week earlier than the reciprocal, which is going to be on — a couple of weeks earlier. Reciprocal tariffs start on April 2nd. And I wanted to make it April 1st, but I didn’t want to do — I didn’t want to go April Fool’s Day — (laughter) — because that cost me — that costs a lot of money, but — that one day. So, we’re going April 2nd.

But very importantly, tomorrow, tariffs — 25 percent on Canada and 25 percent on Mexico, and that’ll start. So, they’re going to have to have a tariff. So, what they’ll have to do is build their car plants, frankly, and other things in the United States — in which case, they have no tariffs. In other words, you build — and this is exactly what Mr. Wei is doing by building here. Otherwise, they’ll build — if they did them in Taiwan to send them here, they’ll have 25 percent or 30 percent or 50 percent or whatever the number may be someday. It’ll go only up. But by doing it here, he has no tariffs, so he’s way ahead of the game.

And I would just say this to people in Canada or Mexico, if they’re going to build car plants, the people that are doing them are much better off building here, because we have the market. We’re the market where they sell the most.

And so, I think it’s going to be very exciting. Very exciting for the automobile companies. Very exciting for — I can think of any — as an example, North Carolina, they had the great — I used to go there to buy furniture for hotels, and it’s been wiped out. That business all went to other countries, and now it’s all going to come back into North Carolina — the furniture manufacturing business.

**Please.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

We — and — and I want to see it stop.

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

We — and — and I want to see it stop.

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.

**Q:** Sir, on Ukraine. Sir, on Ukraine.

**Q:** Are you going to press back —**

**Q:** Thank you, Mr. President. What do you need to see from President Zelenskyy to restart these negotiations?**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. We’ve given them much more than Europe, and Europe should have given more than us, because, as you know, that’s right there. That’s the border.

This country really was like the fence on the border. It was very important to Europe. And I’m not knocking Europe, I’m saying they’re just — they were a lot smarter than Joe Biden, because Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. He just gave money hand over a fist, and they should have been able to equalize with us.

In other words, if we gave a dollar, they should have given. Well, we gave $350 billion. They probably gave 100, but on top of it all, they get their money back, because they are doing it in the form of a loan, and it’s a secured loan.

So, when I saw that, which I’ve known about for a little while, I said, “It’s time for us to be smart.” At the same time, it’s great for them, because they get us in the country taking the rare earth, which is going to fuel this big engine, and especially the engine that we’ve, in a very short time, created. And we get something, and we’re in the — we’re there. We have a presence there.

With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen: I want all of those young people to stop being killed. They’re being killed by the thousands every single week. Last week, 2,700 were killed. Twenty-seven hundred young — in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that’s not young people from the United States, but it’s on a human basis.

I want to see it stop. The money is one thing, but the death. And they’re losing thousands of soldiers a week, and that’s not including the people that get killed every time a town goes down or a missile goes into a town.

**(Cross-talk.)**

**We — and — and I want to see it stop.**

**Yes.**

**Q:** Mr. President —**

**Q:** Is the Ukraine minerals deal now dead, or can it be revived? What — what’s your —**

**THE PRESIDENT:** Well, I’ll let you know. We’re making a speech — you probably heard about it — tomorrow night, so I’ll let you know tomorrow night.

But, no, I don’t think so. I think it’s — look, it’s a great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly — stupidly, frankly — gave $300 billion and — $350 billion, more accurately — to a country to fight and to try and do things. And you know what happened? We get nothing. We get nothing — just gave it.

We could have rebuilt our entire U.S. Navy with $350 billion. Think of it. Three hundred and fifty billion, we could have rebuilt our U.S. Navy.

So, he gave it away as fast as the money could be gone.

And what we’re doing is getting that all back and a lot more than that. And what we need — it’s very important for this business that we’re talking about here, with chips and semiconductors and everything else — we need rare earths. And the deal we have is we have the finest rare earths that you can.
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