US-Ukraine deal a 'total economic partnership' which shows 'no daylight' between Washington and Kyiv - Bessent We can bring you some more reaction now from Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary. The US president put Bessent in charge of negotiations for the resources deal, signed yesterday. As we've been reporting, the deal will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction. The agreement will show the "Russian leadership that there is no daylight between the Ukrainian people and the American people, between our goals", Bessent said in an interview with Fox Business Network a little while ago. "The American people don't make any money if Ukrainians don't prosper. So now we are fully aligned in terms of economics. "And again, I think this is a strong signal to the Russian leadership, and it gives President Trump the ability to now negotiate with Russia on even a stronger basis," he said. "This is a total economic partnership. This isn't just rare earth, it's infrastructure, it's energy. So there's the opportunity here for both sides to really win," Bessent added.