U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stopped by Hannity Wednesday night to share details of the new U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal and provide an update on trade deals being hammered out by Trump 2.0.
“It’s a great deal,” Bessent told Hannity. “This is President Trump’s deal that he’s done. He’s done trade deals, tax deals, and now we have this Ukraine-American economic partnership deal, and it’s win-win. It shows that there is no daylight between Ukraine and the U.S. as President Trump presses to end this horrible war. He wants both sides to come to the table now by showing that the U.S. has an economic interest in Ukraine as a signal to the Russian leadership.”
Bessent continued: “It’s also a signal to the American people that we have a chance to participate and be compensated for some of the funding and the weapons, be partners with the success of the Ukraine people, and bring American know-how to the rebuilding of Ukraine.”
“But the rebuilding can’t start until this war ends, and President Trump is committed to that.”
Bessent also touched on the tariff trade deals.
“President Trump has created maximum pressure on foreign trading partners to show the high level of tariffs that are possible, and they’ve all come to the table,” Bessent said. “We are in negotiations … and we’ve had 100 countries approach us and working with the top 17 to move them along as quickly as possible.”
Bessent says they are seeing “very good proposals.”
Watch Bessent’s comments above.