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President Trump says he wants to make a deal for minerals from Ukraine in exchange for aid. That followed a long effort by Ukrainian officials to appeal to Mr. Trump\u2019s transactional nature.<\/p>\n

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a Trump Tower meeting last September, before Donald J. Trump returned to the presidency.<\/span>Credit…<\/span>Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Constant M\u00e9heut, reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine, spoke to a dozen current and former American and Ukrainian officials and business leaders for this article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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To Ukraine, they are a chit to play in an ongoing appeal to President Trump for more financial and military support. To Mr. Trump, they should be overdue payment for billions of dollars committed to Kyiv\u2019s war effort.<\/p>\n

Either way, Ukraine\u2019s vast and valuable mineral resources have suddenly become a prominent component in the maneuvering over the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Over the past week, Mr. Trump has repeatedly pushed the idea of trading U.S. aid for Ukraine\u2019s critical minerals<\/a>. He told Fox News<\/a> on Monday that he wanted \u201cthe equivalent of like $500 billion worth of rare earths,\u201d a group of minerals crucial for many high-tech products, in exchange for American aid. Ukraine had \u201cessentially agreed to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For Ukraine, it is a hopeful sign that Mr. Trump, a longtime skeptic of American aid to Kyiv, might find a path to maintaining support that he finds palatable. But it\u2019s still possible that the famously mercurial president will change his mind, and even his statements about a deal have been ambiguous about whether he wants Ukraine\u2019s minerals for past or future aid \u2014 or a combination of both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Trump\u2019s proposal followed a campaign launched by Kyiv in the fall to appeal to the U.S. president\u2019s business-oriented mind-set by discussing lucrative energy deals and emphasizing that defending Ukraine aligned with American economic interests.<\/p>\n

The campaign included a meeting between Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky and trips to the United States by Ukrainian officials to pitch deals for exploiting deposits of lithium and titanium \u2014 vital for producing technologies like electric batteries. It also involved getting backing from influential political figures like the Republican senator Lindsey Graham.<\/p>\n

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