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Nexus X HumectressWASHINGTON — President Trump has walked away from a potential minerals deal with Ukraine — and is now suggesting the US take a stake in nuclear power plants in the war-torn country instead.
“We have moved beyond the economic mineral deal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Post during her press briefing Wednesday, referring to ongoing discussions of a potential cease-fire between Washington, Kyiv and Moscow.
During the most recent conversation, Trump suggested that the US “could be very helpful” in running nuclear plants in Ukraine with “electricity and utility expertise,” Leavitt said, adding that American stakeholding would be best for the vital resources’ “protection.”
The White House has previously said it has particular interest in the fate of the nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhya — the largest in Europe — which is located right on the border of Russian-occupied territory.
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The plant, which was taken over by Russian forces in March 2022 and has largely been shut down since, has experienced several close calls as a result of subsequent fighting — prompting fears of a nuclear disaster even greater than the meltdown at Chernobyl in 1986.
Trump had touted the mineral deal as a way to provide Ukraine economic security and had been pressuring Zelensky to sign the deal for weeks, sending Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and special envoy Keith Kellogg To Kyiv last month to get the deal across the finish line.
The multi-billion dollar provisional agreement remained on the table even after the Feb. 28 Zelensky-Trump argument in the Oval Office, as administration officials insisted the Ukrainian president had to make amends for the blowup before physically affixing his signature.
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