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Ted Cruz: “The plan today was to announce an agreement with Ukraine, an…”

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Zelenskyy Crashes & Burns Verdict Ep.213

Published | Video Starts at 15:11

But once the cameras came on, that's what heads of state do with the President of the United States, particularly when you're at the White House. And listen, I think there are a number of consequences of what happened today. So The plan today was to announce an agreement with Ukraine, an agreement that would have given the United States an entitlement to significant portions of the rare earth minerals that are in Ukraine as a way of paying back the money that had been spent funding the Ukrainian war. That was the initial plan, and that. Was the press conference that's now been canceled. There was a press conference. Donald Trump canceled the press conference. (15:11–15:28)

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