President Donald Trump told reporters during a gaggle Sunday that Zelenskyy wants to back out of the rare earth mineral deal, while also addressing rumors of a possible third term.

The Russian leader recently said that Zelenskyy lacks the legitimacy to sign a peace deal and suggested that Ukraine needed external governance.

Donald Trump has said Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky faces “big, big problems” if he backs out of a mineral deal with the US.The US

The president appears to have reeled in recent criticism of Russia's leader, while warning Kyiv over delays to minerals deal.

Tensions between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appear to be rising, as the U.S. president admitted he was “very angry” over the Russian leader’s recent remarks about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

On Saturday, in an interview broadcast on the American channel NBC, Donald Trump said he was particularly “angry” and “furious” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. “If Russia and I are not able to reach an agreement to end the bloodshed in Ukraine,