Many of us have seen videos of the Press Conference in the Oval Office, the spectacle Trump-Vance-Zelensky last Friday, 28 February 2025. Essentially, it appeared that President Trump was ready to make a deal with Zelensky, unelected President of Ukraine, for peace in the Ukraine-Russia war.

The deal consisted of Zelensky granting a concession to the US to mine rare earths (REEs) from Ukraine in part to pay back some of the US$ 350 billion which, according to President Trump, the US has given Ukraine in money and weapons to fight Russia, and in part for Donald Trump, i.e. the US, to negotiate with Vladimir Putin a lasting Peace for the two countries.