"I hear that he's coming on Friday,” Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon, speaking with nonchalance after several days of pressuring Zelenskyy. “Certainly, it's okay with me if he'd like to. He would like to sign it together with me."

President Donald Trump announced today that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a landmark minerals deal, a development that marks a significant step in tapping Ukraine’s vast mineral wealth and boosting post-war development in the country.

We expect these meetings to take place very soon, especially the meeting with President Zelenskyy,” Leavitt said. President Trump aims to sign a rare earth metals agreement with Ukraine, she added. The American leader believes Zelenskyy will sign the deal,