UPDATED, NEW DETAILS: US deal was given to Zelensky only just before he met Treasury Sec Bessent in Kyiv. It was dated Feb. 7, 2025, & only referenced US getting Ukrainian resources in exchange for past military aid, & didn’t contain proposals for similar future assistance www.ft.com/content/b08b... - ThreadSky

christopherjm.ft.com • 8 days ago

UPDATED, NEW DETAILS: US deal was given to Zelensky only just before he met Treasury Sec Bessent in Kyiv. It was dated Feb. 7, 2025, & only referenced US getting Ukrainian resources in exchange for past military aid, & didn’t contain proposals for similar future assistance https://www.ft.com/content/b08b7258-7ae0-4bae-9499-e6d3183d5894

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sevenyakima.bsky.social•8 days ago

Super cool deal.

delec1.bsky.social•8 days ago

Screw trump wish list, it's irrelevant.

kathleenreads.bsky.social•8 days ago

trump =
Quid pro quo Samaritan.

citizensnippy.bsky.social•8 days ago

They're shaking down a nation actively defending itself from an imperial war of genocide for money they mostly spent in their own defence industry.

Presumably so they can play the game of "see, Zelenskyy wouldn't sign our beautiful deal, now we must work with Putin".

Absolutely fucking disgusting.

littlemyfella.bsky.social•8 days ago

Exactly this

lineke.bsky.social•8 days ago

Ukraine will be left with the toxic garbage from the extraction of the minerals. They absolutely should NOT take this deal.

cthulhu985.bsky.social•8 days ago

How very Putinesque of them.

chris-mas.bsky.social•8 days ago

We need to remember that Trump is actually a horrible businessman and the only deals he thinks were successful were ones where much savvier (albeit corrupt as hell) investors took advantage of his incompetence.
"Give us valuable stuff in exchange for something we already gave you." is just sad.

chris-mas.bsky.social•8 days ago

The one exception is 2nd season of Apprentice and even then he could have gotten way more.

benschaeffer.bsky.social•8 days ago

Trump wants Zelensky to give the US $7.5 Trillion worth of minerals in exchange for $175 Billion in past assistance that was GIVEN to them. This is straight up Nazi bullshit.

natchav.bsky.social•8 days ago

Ukraine could suggest to give back the equipment USA instead, if Trump thinks that this past military aid was undue. The only condition would be that Trump himself goes and gets his Himars and stuff on the frontlines.

shanemcoyle.bsky.social•8 days ago

Pedo offers you his protection

joakimblom.bsky.social•8 days ago

Europe can seemingly make a more credible offer for the mineral rights as the American offer amounts to nothing. Everything Ukrainian should remain Ukrainian, but Europe could leverage our involvement in Ukraine to force the Americans to up their offer.

mattjohnsonhtx.bsky.social•8 days ago

Trump is purely transactional, no ethics involved. Everything to him is a New York real estate deal—Ukraine and its resources are just one big Upper East Side lot. Operate with that in mind.

joakimblom.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yes, but what if Trump isn't seeking to make a transaction with Ukraine, but instead with Russia? The most valuable minerals are in Russian occupied territory. What if Trump is negotiating a Ukrainian surrender, and in return gets access to minerals in Russian held territories?

mattjohnsonhtx.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hard to know. My take is that Europe + Ukraine might consider what “offer” is better to him than Russia’s. Maybe none? Obviously it’s pernicious to enter into transactional thinking, yet he’s imposed it on the global order. The alternative—saying buzz off and finding other allies—is compelling.

joakimblom.bsky.social•8 days ago

I think the transactional mind is always open to cut a deal. We should torpedo these current negotiations by strengthening Ukraine's position. I.e. More arms + limited deployment to western Ukraine. It would force Trump to make a transaction under other circumstances, thus improving the offer.

yanadear.bsky.social•8 days ago

so they SHOWED UP WITH A FUCKING INVOICE

he should have sent them where the sun don't shine

jackals

nachyocheese.bsky.social•7 days ago

That's sick.

msfiggy2u.bsky.social•8 days ago

Once again, #ConvictedFelon47 shows his ASS to the international stage regarding his inability to lead or broker deals based upon the MORON he has always shown himself to be. For all the magaTs who put this IDJIT in the WH, we don't thank you or pray for you. #CatchFire

davehaterofracism.bsky.social•8 days ago

so basically they just gave him a bill for aid donated by the last administration - it gets worse by the hour.

anntsystin.bsky.social•8 days ago

USA is shameless.... but I, individually, am ashamed for my country

bleuchat.bsky.social•7 days ago

Why should he give any of it up? tRump can just take wtf he wants?🤷🏼‍♀️

itsattachment.bsky.social•8 days ago

Zelenskyy did the right thing.

christopherjm.ft.com•8 days ago

Another sticking point is the doc's specification that New York be the jurisdiction in which disputes over the mineral rights are resolved. Kyiv did not believe the proposal was enforceable under New York law.

https://www.ft.com/content/b08b7258-7ae0-4bae-9499-e6d3183d5894

christopherjm.ft.com•8 days ago

US ambassador Bridget Brink first presented Zelensky and his team with the US minerals deal just before Bessent's arrival in Kyiv, sources familiar told me. They said she made clear to Zelensky he was expected to sign the deal during Bessent's visit.

https://www.ft.com/content/b08b7258-7ae0-4bae-9499-e6d3183d5894