Ukrainian authorities have agreed to a mineral rights deal with President Donald Trump, and the arrangement could be formalized as soon as Friday when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is slated to visit the White House.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the text of the deal has been approved by both countries.
The Trump administration reportedly dropped its request for the right to $500 billion in revenue from Ukrainian mineral resources.

Trump has framed the deal as necessary to recoup substantial American funding of the Ukrainian war effort against Russia.
“It’s a very big deal. It could be a trillion-dollar deal,” Trump said to reporters on Tuesday.

“We’re spending hundr …