Donald Trump’s Ukraine minerals deals looks to be more about oil and gas than rare earths


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Open this photo in gallery: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump, discuss making a deal in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, on April 26. The agreement will see the two countries create a jointly managed fund to exploit Ukraine’s natural resources.The Canadian Press On the morning of Pope Francis’s April 26 funeral, U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, sat alone on two red chairs, facing one another, in the largely empty St. Peter’s Basilica. At the time, the topic of the impromptu mini-summit amid the baroque opulence of the Vatican was...