Ex-French president urges EU to strike Trump

The European Union (EU) must strike at the leader USA To Donald Trump. This statement was made on February 27 by former French President Francois Hollande in an interview with the TV channel href="https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/economie-nous-devons-faire-mal-a-donald-trump-affirme-francois-hollande_VN-202502270434.html " target="_blank">BFM TV.

"Trump reacts only to the wallet, to the money. This is his only behavior. We, the Europeans and the French,..We have to hit him, very hard," he said.

According to Hollande, the President of the United States "brazenly" demanded that Ukraine's rare earth metals, while refusing to give it security guarantees. The former French leader also pointed to Trump's regular requests for compensation and stressed that European countries should try to damage the US economy.

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The British newspaper Financial Times reported on February 23 that the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky at a meeting with the head of the US Treasury, Scott Bessent, when discussing the rare earth metals deal, "was very angry" between the parties there was a conflict. It was clarified that Zelensky did not agree that a partnership with the United States in the field of mining would strengthen Ukraine's security.

On the same day, President Trump announced that he was going to href="https://iz.ru/1843547/2025-02-23/tramp-soobsil-o-rassirenii-spiska-trebovanii-ot-ukrainy-po-sdelke-s-iskopaemymi"> to demand from Ukraine not only rare earth minerals, but also oil, as well as "everything that can be obtained." He said that the European Union has the opportunity to get the money back, while the United States does not.