WASHINGTON—President Trump is dispatching Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Trump tries to end the nearly three-year-old war. “This War MUST and WILL END SOON — Too much Death and Destruction,

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will travel to Ukraine this week to discuss a potential deal concerning rare earth minerals, according to a source familiar with his plans. Bessent will be the first cabinet-level official in U.

Scott Bessent was sworn in as Treasury Secretary on Tuesday, taking the helm of one of the government agencies most critical to President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic agenda.

The first openly gay person in the role has the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting forward a plan on tariffs that doesn’t jeopardize growth.

US President Donald Trump is sending his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Ukraine for talks on ending the war with Russia, with his choice of envoy suggesting more to the discussion that just a ceasefire.