The United States and Ukraine are trying to hammer out a natural resources agreement that would give Washington access to Kyiv’s untapped mineral riches in exchange for investments and what Ukraine hopes would be concrete security guarantees.

U.S. President Donald Trump defended his administration’s approach to Ukraine in a March 2 statement on Truth Social, arguing that securing American business interests in Ukraine’s mining sector would act as a deterrent against further Russian aggression.

Currency wonks are fascinated lately by the idea of an international “Mar-a-Lago Accord” that might one day yield a dollar devaluation. Mainly because the author of a November paper proposing the notion is Stephen Miran,