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Trump confirms Zelensky visit to White House to seal minerals deal. Trump says he demanded $500bn of rare earths as part of a deal to end the war. But Soviet surveys and western rules could play into Zelensky’s hands. When President Trump leapt on that offer, seeing an opportunity for “winner takes all” negotiations, Zelensky’s plan seemed to backfire. Trump said Ukraine should simply hand over half a trillion dollars worth of reserves with nothing in exchange. As with so much Trump says, though, the end result looks certain to be very different. The details will be left murky and the winners and losers will be unclear.