Ukrainian Pres. Zelensky already agreed to a strategic deal with Trump team on rare earth metals in exchange for aid last year, but final agreement wasn't finalized, reportedly to allow Trump to claim credit upon taking office.
Shades of Ronald Reagan when before he was nominated he negotiated the release of the Iranian Hostages, who were then miraculously released after he was coronated..
Anyone else remember Iran Contra??
Also, US-military-industrial-conglomerate will be seriously pissed off when (not if) Ukraine starts buying mostly non-USA gear.
If the Orange Turd had any expertise in gambling, he wouldn't have run his own casino into the ground (notably an *extremely* rare achievement in the casino industry).
As I said, he sees aid for Ukraine as an investment. The good thing about this is that he'll do anything to defend his investment. Don't underestimate greed as a driving force.
… does he just say stuff and hopes that others think that he is intelligent?
Ok. Lets sign this deal. The war will go on at least another year. Then, Ukraine will need to develop the mining capability (assuming Ukraine won) and processing factories. Then Ukraine can pay back… this is 7+ years
Not that bad if US has stakes in, some nice ideals are easy to abandon. Nevertheless US is not ashamed to show imperial behavior, something they tried to hide for long time
That sounded like part of the deal that Zelensky was talking about, but I doubt that Trump et al comprehended that is what he means by security guarantees.
Why!? Who's going to buy #spacekaren 's tesla model SS nazi convertible cars anymore!? :)
Trump's just like putin. He just lacks the absolute power. Yet.
Getting "rare earth minerals" from whatever country is way easier than processing whatever was retrieved from the earth.
Extracting is easy
Processing is energy intensive,costly,polluting, & expensive...
The future generations of PRC will learn that...or die earlier..
So,extraction<>processing...
That said, Ukraine would probably allow Trump rights to extract "something" (undefined at this point) from the East (Muscovy controlled territory) in exchange for some 200-300 F-16's with trained pilots... (at this time of the war) - properly F-16's armed of course ;-)
Trump will keep making one demand after another in return for aid to Ukraine, and not delivering the aid, until he finds something Ukraine simply cannot do, and then he’ll say, “They don’t want our help!”
He is Putin’s puppet.
This directive comes directly from shadow president and propaganda minister Musk.
Trump has no fu(king clue that rare earths are elements including the 15 lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium.
"Give"? Or we could restore Ukraine's sovereignty and participate in a discounted fair trade agreement because Ukraine is going to need a lot of money to rebuild...well, everything. And we already know that, while Russia **should** be paying, getting them to agree to this is virtually impossible.
I don't think so, but still much better being an American "colony" than being massacred by russia. Btw Ukraine is a candidate for EU membership, so technically it would be soon the same as US firms investing in EU.
don't know .... there is at least a chance that companies (money!!) will cry out loud if Putler wants to steal, crash them. They might also be allowed to have their private armies, or call in NATO countries' mil help if needed.
Trump is making it incredibly easy for anti-western, reactionary sentiment to explode in UA. After callously holding back aid while thousands died, they're now extorting UA for protection. Reads like "I want your minerals in exchange for allowing you to survive until Putin and I will carve you up".
You're right. The election campaign of the Dems was abysmal. To lose an election under these circumstance is something which shoundn't be forgiven easily.
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Anyone else remember Iran Contra??
However I would say that Trump is looking for a reason to quit a whole peace deal.
If the Orange Turd had any expertise in gambling, he wouldn't have run his own casino into the ground (notably an *extremely* rare achievement in the casino industry).
Ok. Lets sign this deal. The war will go on at least another year. Then, Ukraine will need to develop the mining capability (assuming Ukraine won) and processing factories. Then Ukraine can pay back… this is 7+ years
Give Trump a license to build a hotel casino chain in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sevastopol, and a golden monument statue in Chreshyatik.
Trump's just like putin. He just lacks the absolute power. Yet.
Extracting is easy
Processing is energy intensive,costly,polluting, & expensive...
The future generations of PRC will learn that...or die earlier..
So,extraction<>processing...
That's trade, not aid!
He is Putin’s puppet.
Trump has no fu(king clue that rare earths are elements including the 15 lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium.
Neither does Musk.
How good is the postal service at Mar-a-Lago I wonder?
BB
(Bury the Bastard)
Sign any contract, and then let him wipe his ass with it, just like the Budapest Memorandum.
Would be funny though, after a while Putin again invading Donbass, kicking US-companies out.
Zelensky: 'Sorry Donald, had we been in NATO, this wouldn't have happened.'
Nothing's stopping him from trading now.
He probably means he wants exclusive mining rights to be given to his broligarch buddies.
This man has no shame, no embarrassment
He thinks it's a great idea while onlookers around him are not bothering to tell him anything else. Because he is a bully.
Remember that also in particular, when you hear weasel Bolton speak.
Bolton refused the most crucial testimony, in favour of his book launch.