The Trump administration has proposed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States be granted 50 percent ownership of Ukraine's rare earth minerals in exchange for its military support, according to a report by NBC News.
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"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."
WE MUST BAN META AND X, AND INCRIMINATE MUSK AND ZUCKERBERG
This is unacceptable to the future of Ukraine 🇺🇦 and the European Union 🇪🇺 our continent is not a place for an American Mobster to run a protection racket.
The US used to invade, now its starts proxy wars, and when their puppet is on the brink of losing, they use blackmail to secure the debt, by owning half your house, which they can, of course, sell on any time they wish. This was always the US plan, the bounty to be had in Ukraine and Russia. Theft.
this is a warning to the whole world of how to allow yourself to be manipulated by crazy, mentally unstructured people, who can lead us to destruction.
Polite journalists/policy bods still refer to Trump's approach as "transactional". What it is is a Might Makes Right Mafia business model -- "nice little country you got here. Would be a shame if anything were to happen to it".
I'm sorry, Ukrain. The orange man thinks he is a savvy businessman with these moves. He's just an immature and very fragile person who needs constant reassurance that he's not how he appears.
Yup… We started down this road back in the 1930s, with white, Christian nationalism, America First isolationism, and with Congressmen supporting Hitler… Luckily, we beat it back then. Little hope for that now…
We knew that was coming. The bluster this week unsupportive of Ukraine was purely about anchoring a rare earths negotiation in the US' favour. Trump's transparent playbook.
Not only would this be an economic and strategic loss for Ukraine, but Trump's word means nothing. Signing this would just end in both military and economic defeat for Ukraine. Like the rest of the free world, Ukraine must also distance themselves from the US for their own security and stability.
Zelensky might consider this if he thought Trump would follow through and give all the support he could. How could you ever trust anything Trump says? I would think it more likely that trump hands over the rights to Putin and Putin helps trump get Greenland.There’s always more to a trump transaction
This is what happens when the press doesn’t appropriately call out an authoritarian. Do us all a favor, never normalize him. The 34 time convicted felon who is an adjudicated rapist is not a good person or for that matter, a good president.
Wow. That's fucked up. I've said before that Zelenskyy should not even be talking to Trump but I understood why he might at least entertain the possibility that it could help his country. Obviously now he should cut off all contact with Trump.
This isn’t a trade deal, it’s a mafia-style racket. ‘Nice country, shame if something happened to it… now hand over your resources.’ Real allies invest, they don’t extort. #Ukraine
Reportedly Putin asked 50% of what the oligarchs make. This is the Russian mafia playbook that Trump is following to a T. Not surprising as Trump himself is nothing but a thug in golden diapers.
Maybe that's the way they collect taxes in Russia to make sure obligarchs pay up. What's going on in capitalist N. America isn't working so well so maybe time to go to before Reaganomics (73% tax on weathiest few).
The path forward is simple; Don’t react to what the US says, simply hit them where it hurts. Let’s start by boycotting everything (https://www.krysstal.com/democracy_wh...), and then systematically work our way all the way up to removing the US dollar as the world reserve currency.
Now the useful idiot who licked the US's testicles is screwed for good. This is the fate of those who are US doormats. They destroyed their country and killed their young people for nothing. Fuck you Zelensky.
Trump will blackmail Ukraine. Give up its rare earths or capitulate and give up part of its territory. He is putting pressure on by opening talks with Putin
The US will abandon Ukraine and will allow Russia to tear her to pieces. We can't rely on decent, non-hostage deals and support from the US. Other nations must stand up and form coalition forces to aid Ukraine in her fight against her oppressors.
Donald Trump is hideous. Ok we all know that the United States foreign policy since its Foundation has been about manifest destiny and the primacy of its own interests. But Donald Trump is taking this to the extreme. Everything is a grift with this man and the vile collection of subhumans around him
Ukraine signs off on that and they lose. Trump would still side with Putin and they would divy up Ukraine's resources that Zelenskyy signed off and Putin would take the rest after Trump reneged on the deal
Since much of Ukraine’s Lithium resource is located near Shevchenko in the Donetsk region, currently occupied by Russia, it’s difficult to see how such a mercenary deal could work with no US troops involved. Is Trump expecting European peacekeepers to liberate his minerals?
One morning Zelensky will wake up and offer all Ukraine's rare earth metals to Russia in exchange for all their land back, and tell Trump to go pound sand.
Going through Trump he would get nothing.
The behaviour of organised criminals, trump gop are AHs! Who needs enemies when you have a 'friend' like this?! FFS trying to gain financially when most of the country has been destroyed?! Trumpcon gop is a Putin criminal ally, this is maga?! This is so patriotic?! Ally of EU?! Fuck Trumpcon GOP!
So they have to sell their rare earth minerals too the US in order to stay save and not for making money to rebuild their country. This is cynical to a level beyond belief and imagination. It is modern state (US) driven piracy and blackmail.
So they have to sell their rare earth minerals too the US in order to stay safe and not for making money to rebuild their country. This is cynical to a level beyond belief and imagination. It is modern state (US) driven piracy and blackmail.
Leave this decission about the rare earthts until after the war.
Who are freinds and who are foes should be sorted out, as that is the most urgent issue for Ukraine at this moment.
The minerals should never be given to adversaries.
There is already an agreement in place, which the US signed, to provide security guarantees in exchange for denuclearizing. It was signed in 1984 and is called the Budapest Memorandum.
Why would they sign another if the uS won’t honour the first one?
I have a dim recollection of reading an analogous (and self-deprecating) comment attributed to Théophile Gautier or Gustave Flaubert, but cannot find it right now. If you know a source, I would be interested!
That’s all you can expect from a dictator it’s all about him and what he can get out of it.He doesn’t care about Ukraine or democracy he will side with anyone that pays the biggest bucks as his policies have shown
Contract can only refer to future support, not past deliveries and be contingent on that support continuing.
And be part of the terms of a full satisfactory conclusion to the war.
Not something decided in advance of negotiations starting.
But we all know how Trump respects contracts.
Zelensky must subtract the milliions paid to the topnotch US arms and munitions #militaryindustrialcomplex. Trump would appreciate that businesslike approach from Ukraine.
The President of the United States is extorting a nation that’s being invaded and slaughtered by a Russian President who has been extorting the President of the United States.
Feels like we are watching a season of The Ambassador. Sadly, we aren’t. It’s real. It’s dangerous. It needs to be stopped.
Given the integrity problem with the Trump administration, Zelensky would be well-advised to go with a software subscription model, i.e., grant the US rare earth minerals on a monthly basis depending on concrete levels of military and diplomatic support received to that point.
Or...? Litterally EVERYTHING Trump does is transactional and/or vindictive.
So what the fuck is Trump threatening Ukraine & Zelenskyy with? Zelenskyy should just come out w/ it when he finds out, if he doesn't already. We already know Trump has no problem extorting @ukraine-official.bsky.social
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WE MUST BAN META AND X, AND INCRIMINATE MUSK AND ZUCKERBERG
https://theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Just like us attempt to extort protection money out of Canada.
Trump isn't going to be negotiating for Ukraine. He will be looking out for his buddy Putin's interest.
#SanctionUSA #NATO #StandWithUkraine #IsTheirCountryTheirRights #UkraineLivesMatters
#BoycottUSA #AntiFa #AntiAutocracy #AntiOligarchy #TheResistance #StopFacism #FightFacism
Don’t do it Zelensky.
Putler can’t be trusted
but Trump also not.
Do not cooperate with dictators,
Never.
Scum
The POS can’t 💀 fast enough.
#notmypresident
#IsupportUkraine
#resisttrump
#IsupporttheEU
Or continue to have Putin do that
(Except that the neighborhood bully is more reliable.)
The better question is: How can the US repay Ukraine for the war that Ukrainians have fought on behalf of the World??
#SanctionUSA #NATO #EU #FUCKTRUMP #FUCKPUTIN
Regards
Millions of Americans
He's doing it again
Trump and Elon have no moral!
Trump has reduced all US honourable soldiers memory to be a transaction. USA’s reputation is now mud.
Minerals .. Greenland .. Canada .. Ukraine
Checking his list .. checking it twice
Going through Trump he would get nothing.
Who are freinds and who are foes should be sorted out, as that is the most urgent issue for Ukraine at this moment.
The minerals should never be given to adversaries.
Why would they sign another if the uS won’t honour the first one?
What are the chances they come back?
There, fixed it for you
And be part of the terms of a full satisfactory conclusion to the war.
Not something decided in advance of negotiations starting.
But we all know how Trump respects contracts.
Holy Al Capone! 🤬
Feels like we are watching a season of The Ambassador. Sadly, we aren’t. It’s real. It’s dangerous. It needs to be stopped.
#Musk wants the mineral rights, Donald will give them to him.
You only have to look at Trump, Musk, Vance, JFK, etc to know it’s absolutely true and in an extreme form.
So what the fuck is Trump threatening Ukraine & Zelenskyy with? Zelenskyy should just come out w/ it when he finds out, if he doesn't already. We already know Trump has no problem extorting @ukraine-official.bsky.social
That's all there is to say to this
#FuckTrump
Tell him and Putin to remember Vietnam and Afghanistan. You couldn’t defeat them either.
What a criminal cnt of a thing
I’m sure China would be interested in a 10% stake, they would provide infrastructure support , security and a nice royalty.