Without confirming an agreement had been reached, the US president said in return for the deal Ukraine would get "the right to fight on".

Some Republicans are starting to call out Elon Musk and DOGE’s cuts. The U.S. and Ukraine agreed to framework for a mineral deal. Experts are sounding alarms about DOGE’s access to personal data. The White House will decide which journalists get access to it.

"I hear that he's coming on Friday,” Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon, speaking with nonchalance after several days of pressuring Zelenskyy. “Certainly, it's okay with me if he'd like to. He would like to sign it together with me."