The US President's attempts to extort Ukraine for its natural resources, while abandoning its fate to Russia, is a return to the worst imperial politics of the past bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/t... - ThreadSky

peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The US President's attempts to extort Ukraine for its natural resources, while abandoning its fate to Russia, is a return to the worst imperial politics of the past

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/trump-ukraine-russian-deal-zelensky/

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eagleneedle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump wants Ukraine destroyed so he and his friend Putin can pick over the bones of what is left to get even richer. There will be more carcasses to pick over in the Trumpistan regime

mariena91.bsky.social•1 day ago

land bridge Russian to Europe

bedrocm.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump has no principles - no thought about who was the aggressor, no consideration for lives being lost daily - he just wants a deal done quickly, any deal, and make a fast buck!

suffolkcanary.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Perhaps but surely if you wanted to extort a country for its mineral wealth basic business tactics would mean you need to secure that country? Handing it to Russia sounds like extremely poor business tactics. Of course he has gone bankrupt 3 times so it’s quite possible he’s very bad at business.🤔

jegath.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agree

jegath.bsky.social•1 day ago

😡😡😡

ctrltxquilting.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s blackmail pure and simple.

rowlandpeveril.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Donold Chamberlain.

gonzoceo.bsky.social•1 day ago

For starters, the UK and the EU should close all those tax loopholes that Amazon, Meta, Xitter, Google, etc… all enjoy. Get those fuckers paying the appropriate amounts of tax and use the money to buy arms, from EU and UK manufacturers.

caughtinthespin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is a thug. He wants to mug Ukraine then sell of the rest to Russia. He’s an evil hateful man

norrette.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's confused protectionism - meaning protecting US businesses from cheap imports - with protection rackets.

Al Capone II.

confusedasyou2.bsky.social•1 day ago

He is a convicted felon after all what did anyone expect?

veracitas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Who would expect anything different from the worst President in history, and one of the most hateful, ignorant, dishonest humans this side of Musk?

dcearthlover.bsky.social•1 day ago

Masha Gessen has written a great book about Putin. The Man Without a Face, the Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. A must-read, I think we will see more of this with Drumpf

peaceful-one.bsky.social•7 hours ago

So, reading through the lines today, America has basically said we want 500 billion. Off minerals, or we cut starlink, then watch you try and defend yourself then. So basically holding them to ransom.

krazy1.bsky.social•1 day ago

He’s a wanna be

tractorhandler.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book

eagleneedle.bsky.social•1 day ago

More than enough US and UK 'patriotic' politicians willing to take Putin's rubles to betray their own country. Supported by the right wing multimillionaire owned media.

rwruedii.bsky.social•7 hours ago

They don't even have to pay them.

Just manipulate.

An asset usually isn't someone on the payroll. It is someone who the agency has learned to manipulate, and gotten their hooks into.

Many assets are completely unaware, sometimes due to foolishness, sometimes due to willful ignorance.

rwruedii.bsky.social•22 minutes ago

Others simply have mutual interest and are knowing collaborators, but simply don't care. Often they think the gain is beneficial to their own country and/or values.

mariena91.bsky.social•1 day ago

yes

reclaimingsanity.bsky.social•1 day ago

He is a compromised prick.

valeriebishop.bsky.social•1 day ago

Medieval modern.

roushamnet.bsky.social•19 hours ago

We are at war, decency, the truth and loyalty vs the mafia state collective

jtony898.bsky.social•1 day ago

I expect nothing less from Americans- they didn't exactly behave well after the 2nd world war. They used it to create their own empire and the rest of the world paid huge debts to them. Over 400 foreign military usa bases now exist.

gapsworld.bsky.social•1 day ago

america has been extorting other countries for it's resorces for a long time, it's just more in the open now that this vampire trump is POTUS

jenniferb-3.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's disgusting. Trump is a parasite

lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social•2 hours ago

This is so embarrassing. I’ve never been more embarrassed to be an American. Trump deserves to be impeached over this demand he has made on Zelenskyy.

stevea53.bsky.social•1 day ago

How does he really thing this deal works? Give us the minerals...but we are letting Putin have what he wants anyway?

johnnythefox1.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd be saying publicly that as long as Trump is President they will never get access to what's Ukraines , come back when he's gone for good

glamorak.bsky.social•1 day ago

Some American idiot on LBC early this morning phoning from Kiev saying Trump supports Ukraine and that the insults are all part of his plan. Ludicrous, but went unchallenged.

lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Was it Marco Rubio?

judithkh1951.bsky.social•1 day ago

docanni.bsky.social•20 hours ago

And Starmer needs to stand up to Trump and to stand up for Ukraine and Zelensky. The British people are against Trump’s nonsense and against Putin. Keir Starmer the safety of Europe and UK from the threat of Putin depends on you.

newancienregime.bsky.social•1 day ago

Isn't it clear enough that the USA is the absolute evil?

The European Union MUST ally with Canada, Mexico, Brazil and China to fight these filthy Nazis.

mariena91.bsky.social•1 day ago

But yes. Don’t trust the government right now because we are now sure of how much Russian influence is there. Not overt so better proceed cautiously until we can sort it.

mariena91.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s not the United Stares. It is a rogue far right regime, potentially with unwitting Russian influence. 1/3 Americans didn’t vote at all, many of the 1/3 that voted for this probably didn’t understand. Cowards waited until after election to fully show themselves.

newancienregime.bsky.social•1 day ago

Then go to protest and use the French way against the fake kings.

ivorbolakov.bsky.social•1 day ago

starwatch.bsky.social•20 hours ago

💯 I think every reference to what is happening at home and abroad needs to be framed not as Trump’s doing but as the Republicans. They’ve capitulated to his barbarism. It’s their policy.

mariena91.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s Russia. Exerting influence where people might not even realize it.

fullerick.bsky.social•1 day ago

“The law on the side of freedom is of great advantage only when there is power to make that law respected.”

Frederick Douglass
US Marshal

ivorbolakov.bsky.social•1 day ago

Always another motive even after a hundred or so years.

d33q73.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's what happens when a wantabe estate agent is put in charge

gesefriishansen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Putins willing exe.....

thinkitthrough.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/bladeofthes.bsky.social/post/3lin6d6ltbc2w

jaywilliams.pro•1 day ago

America. Pay Us or we’ll destroy You!

zoemom.bsky.social•1 day ago

Amazing what no consequences the 1st time this happed has done.

terrydresbach.bsky.social•1 day ago

Otherwise known as “the Gilded Age”.

humanity101.bsky.social•1 day ago

samspade1941.bsky.social•1 day ago

America is now on the same level as China and Russia.

All 3 are predators.

If the US refuses to support Europe against Russia, then Europe should refuse to support America against China.

mariena91.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s the rouge regime inside the government, not the people

samspade1941.bsky.social•1 day ago

One can say that about all three countries too.

But I wouldn't.

Governments are made up of its people.

bomby1969.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The US had plans for Ukraines resources all along.
The CIA did what it does best and put a puppet leader in and the warmongers got what they wanted.
Billions unaccounted for.

lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Oh shut up.

jasperwelsh.bsky.social•1 day ago

WWlll is now more likely than it ever was under Trump. He's going to lose America their allies and then Russia and N.korea will side with China to take on USA by themselves. He's a dunce.

gregortree.bsky.social•1 day ago

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