Still entirely unclear from contradictory reporting if Trump is offering to sell Zelenskyy military assistance in exchange for mining rights, or demanding mining rights as retroactive repayment for past US assistance that will now be cut off forever.
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Is Putin likely to give away what he sees as his???
That's why he started by saying "Russia Holds all the Cards".
Excellent strategy.
Look at how much he's kept the trade agreement he negotiated with Canada & Mexico - or the NATO treaty (including the demand of "ok increase spending to 2%, then we are ok".
See e.g. here
Putin isn’t stupid. He wants that land for a reason.
Trump is purely transactional, and in that moment. That’s all he’s ever been.
All weapons are bought with taxpayers money from national GDP.
He’s stupid enough to think Putin would.
He would sell California for some magic beans if he thought he coukd spin it as a win for him (which he probably can given the cult like a ture of his followers)
It’s a shakedown by the mafia
War is also economic.
https://bsky.app/profile/javierblas.bsky.social/post/3lijggckdos27
You can't trust anything connected this POTUS.
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/