GuShiio.com ① Trump announced that Zelensky will visit the White House on Friday and sign a resource agreement;
② Issues such as gold visas and tariffs were also mentioned;
③ Musk, the world’s richest man and head of the “Ministry of Government Efficiency”, attended the meeting.
Cailian News, February 27 (Editor Shi Zhengcheng)On Wednesday local time, the Trump administration held its first cabinet meeting in the new term. The entire “Trump team” appeared in front of the media at the same time and received various inquiries for nearly an hour. Musk, the world’s richest man and head of the “Ministry of Government Efficiency”, attended the meeting.
At the same time, due to the capricious and changeable state of the Trump administration, this is also an important opportunity for the outside world to figure out what they want to do.
The following is a summary of some of the meeting contents, covering a series of hot topics such as the armistice in Ukraine, tariff measures, and “golden visas.”
Ukraine issue
As soon as Wednesday’s meeting began, Trump announcedUkraine President Zelensky will visit the White House on Friday to sign a “major agreement” on Ukraine’s natural resources and post-war reconstruction。
“We have reached an agreement that we will get our money back and we will get more money in the future, and I think that’s appropriate,” he said.
It is worth mentioning that in his speech, Trump quoted data from unknown sources, claiming that the United States gave Ukraine US$350 billion, three times that of Europe. But according to data from the Kiel Institute for World Economics, the U.S. total allocations are US$119 billion, while Europe reaches US$138 billion.
Even if he asked for Ukraine’s mines and money, Trump made it clear,Ukraine will not be given “beyond a very limited range” of security guaranteesAt the same time, Ukraine also‘You can forget’ joining NATOYes.
Trump said: “We will let Europe do it because Europe is their neighbor。We will have real cooperation with Ukraine on rare earths. We need rare earths very much, and they have good rare earths.”
It should be noted that there is not enough evidence to support the statement that “Ukraine has very many good rare earths.”
Musk listens in the corner
Although not a member of the cabinet, Musk, the world’s richest man, attended the meeting as a member of the “Ministry of Government Efficiency” and sat low-key in the corner of the conference room with aides to cabinet officials.
However, Trump specifically asked Musk to “stand up and say a few words.”
Wearing his trademark “technical support” T-shirt, Musk told officials that he was just a “technical support person” and that one of the jobs of the “Department of Government Efficiency” is to repair the U.S. government’s dilapidated computer systems and solve huge government deficits and debt problems.
The world’s richest man mentioned that he received “many death threats” because of his job.
Trump then followed the reporter’s question,All the officials present were asked on the spot: “Are any of you dissatisfied with Musk?”
The president of the United States looked around and said: “If anyone is dissatisfied,We throw it out with this person。”
The U.S. government ministers sitting around the conference table gave out varying degrees of laughter and began to applaud.
Trump continued: “They have a lot of respect for Musk and what he’s doing, and some have slightly different opinions, but I tell you, most people are not only happy, but even excited.”
Musk also explained the need for U.S. federal employees to write work summaries, emphasizing that this is a “pulse test” that tests whether those people are alive and have the ability to read emails and respond to them.
Selling “golden visas” to pay off debts
Trump also gave further explanations on the “golden visa” proposed on Tuesday. He said yesterday that he would adjust the investment immigration policy and that the U.S. government would issue “gold cards”, or permanent residency, to people willing to pay US$5 million.
The focus of Wednesday’s speech was on reckoning-the Trump administration seemed prepared to “sell visas” to repay U.S. debt.
Commerce Minister nik saidSelling 200,000 “golden visas” alone is equivalent to US$1 trillion in income。Trump added thatIf 10 million copies can be sold, it means US$50 trillion, which will not only pay off all U.S. debt, but also have a surplus of US$15 trillion.
Trump also said that people applying for these visas will not be forced to create jobs, and there is a high probability that a quota system will be implemented for applicants based on their original nationality.
tariffs
Trump also continued to wield the “tariff stick” on Wednesday. Regarding the “25% tariff on Canada and Mexico” postponed for 30 days at the beginning of the month,Trump initially said it would be implemented on April 2。This appears to confirm that the two countries will receive an additional 30-day extension next week.
But Lutnik quickly interjected that the two countries would have to prove to Trump the progress they had made on border control, and then the U.S. president would decide whether to extend it. andA larger tariff shift will occur on April 2。
Trump also mentioned thatThe tariff rate for the EU will be “overall” at 25%, covering cars and everything else, with details to be announced shortly。
