Got to say I LOVE the Trump Administration negotiating to get Rare Minerals from Ukraine, for 2 reasons:
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
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It also makes providing more military support for Ukraine a financial transaction. We can continue to provide billions in order to get minerals worth trillions.
The USA signed a deal that convinced Ukraine to hand over their military deterrents for security.
The transaction was signed. Why do billionaires love to renege on deals?
It also makes providing more military support 4Ukraine a financial transaction.We can continue to provide billions in order to get minerals worth trillions.’
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Bu!!sh💩t.
What the fuck are you thinking? Trump would
love that suggestion 😡
Which is why Cuban
is wrong to suggest it
Or is the billionaire finally pushing its way thru the veneer?
The mineral rights of Ukraine are worth an estimated $14T.
50% of this (US share per agreement) is $7T.
We have provided approximately $100B in aid to date. Authorized more. And even the majority of $100B is older equipment.
Anywhere else this is called EXTORTION.
If someone beats you near death and I come along and tell you hey I can help you but only if you empty your bank account and give it to me you.
Think that's smart or disgustingly abusive?
Sort of like a policeman telling a woman that is being bashed that she'll have to give him a blow job before he'll protect her from the bashing.
Billionaires are a malignancy on the human race.
Thousands of Ukrainian people have been slaughtered. Russia fudging invaded!
Leave the Ukrainians with their minerals because they will need it to rebuild.
And that seems like a fair deal to all sides??
Smh at most of his comments lately…doing a great job as the devil’s advocate for the dumbest shit I ever heard.
We need rare earth minerals that China is no longer exporting.
He was a Dolt, then an Insurrectionist, now a Traitor. He who consorts with this enemy is a TRAITOR, he sold out the country.
"Eggs" Benedict TRUMP for breakfast enjoy your meal, sorry but you deserve it.
Now what can we do about it.
But then he'd be fighting for the Russians. Just like Trump and Musk...
Mark is a different kind of Billionaire..He actually cares. Try looking into the Cost Plus Drug program he set up so that people like me can buy cardiac drugs at an affordable price...He is not a bastard...
2) Ukraine should not have to give up resources for help from allies.
3) Trumps has said he'd block Ukraine joining NATO.
Thank you for attending my TED Talk.
He’s always been a bastard. He was only cosplaying as a decent human for awhile there and he managed to fool a lot of people.
He sucks.
He’s a fucking prick.
Let's threaten an ally with death at the hands of our adversary unless they give up all their greatest natural resources worth multiple times our aid?
People like you are what happened to the native americans in this country.
Cannot fking believe i thought you had any decency
One mammal is "now" smaller than planet Earth, which is smaller than the Sun, which "now" grows all plants and animals who point the future general by "generalizing"
1+1 #reparationsNow = ✌🏽= 🏀+🏀
1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = 13 blackbirds ≠ "zero origin bdayism"
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I hope I'm wrong.
But I don't think so.
https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-shut-off-starlink-if-ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-sources-tell-reuters/
He’s being a Thug for Capitalism.
The video is pinned on my page for viewing.
Terrifying.
The *authority* he showed was stunning.
He's gonna be a sociopath.
Since when did a dictator honor elections?
He has multiple ways to stay in power - e.g.
- cause fighting in the streets and invoke martial law
- run as a VP then have his elected president step down
- or this (which I believe is the most likely):
https://bsky.app/profile/maxchch.bsky.social/post/3lazmsshjt22f
You just want to be mad at everything.
Try google.
You wouldn't see enough profit from that for a very long time and most of it would go to keeping up with that infrastructure.
If they cannot make it themselves, they will sell it and use the proceeds to reconstruct their country. If we take it away we will be preventing their reconstruction.
This is not a war only between U and R. If U had not fought, R would have taken over U and marched to the next country.
Another “thug for capitalism”.
#SmedleyButler
We, the US, created the “border crisis” by destroying everything that didn’t fill the oligarchs’ bank accounts — and now we refuse to help fix these devastated nations.
We also screwed China, Haiti …
Plus there was the Iran-Contra thing ..
the worlds resources. That’s the struggle facing humanity into the 21st century. Politicians get rich while destroying the environment.
He’s being a Thug for Capitalism.
any deal for mineral rights goes through Ukraine. otherwise it's just theft.
2. Their entire supply of rare earth minerals is not worth trillions, even assuming you could extract it all instantaneously.
3. You know Trump isn't thinking like this.
“If you take your conviction about what is right and just out of the situation, you’ll realize that western leadership has been the only thing that’s given you (a human? A woman?) a voice.”
2) Pretty much, yes. Unfortunately, there are some ends that justify the means. Yes, each side thinks this, but it is my assertion that the western way of being leads to better net outcomes, hence my reference to the 1st amendment.
3) human
I recognize the point you’re making about western society. There’s been a confluence of and resistance to ideologies that has led to this moment.
Hell, we extorted our own people for less.
- GREATEST extortionist for some of the most outrageous demands in the history of crimes against humanity, but also the
- MOST INCOMPETENT extortionist because he has zero chance of achieving his objectives.
Cuban was ignoring the immorality of Trump, and focused on outcomes.
EXACTLY! There was not anything negotiating about it!
Cuban looking for an in to kiss some Trump ass.
It’s brilliant.
Need better arguments on this, Mr. Cuban. 🤦🏻♀️
https://time.com/6076035/erik-prince-ukraine-private-army/
'No Chance' Ukraine Gets Back Russia-Annexed Lands—Blackwater Founder
After all these years on this godawful planet it occurs to me that for all the flowery talk about justice & rights & freedom. We have no value.
You seem definitely not to be part of the philanthropist kind.
Another greedy billionaire sell out.
Who knew🤷
The human race is royally fucked when all of our "leaders" view every aspect of life as a monetary transaction
Sometimes you have to cut the rotten piece of apple away so you can eat the rest, and plant the seeds.
certainly none of this fantasy nonsense
If you don't look at all the variables, then you aren't a "realist".
#MarkCuban
#SmedleyButler
That's what thinking is...
the deal specifically excludes America military support & any guarantee against future Russian aggression.
Its also poor taste to charge a bill after the fact.
If the deal guaranteed safety & was fair to Ukraine, it cld be how Trump protects U
But that doesnt appear to be reality
Stealing from war ravaged countries.
How low can you go!!!!!!
Did we not forget that Africa still exists?
How do you think we got to this point?
You think Modern Civilizations hands are clean?
Get a grip.
Guess what happens in a few years when China invades taiwan.
You think they're just going to keep doing business with adversaries?
Is EU gonna let Taiwan fall without a peep for some minerals?
Now we gotta deal with Trump transactionalism.
Again China won't sell while invading Taiwan unless
THe EU are cool rolling over for the CCP Dictator.
I thought "DEMOCRACY!
Thick as mince.
Getting the minerals in a respectful way - WTF!!!!
One of the primary reasons for the US' outwards facing foreign policy and geopolitical strength is the economic benefits that flow into the US
Call me naive. I am from a European country who has donated the most (per capita) to Ukraine - WITHOUT asking for or expecting anything in return. It's citizens drove hundreds of kilometres to Ukraine to pick up civilian women and children to house them !
Also, Trump never keeps his promises whether they’re written in stone or not.
Anyone that loves trump & wants to steal land in Ukraine can fk off
The idea that we help a country in return for their mineral wealth is absurd
To the extent there is easy money there, they will need ALL of it to rebuild their own nation
Explain that further to me
Sure, try and negotiate minerals, but at least invite Zelinsky to the negotiating table as well with the stakeholders
https://kyivindependent.com/we-are-now-producing-more-than-americans-eu-defense-commissioner-on-europes-arms-rebirth/
Is that clear enough
Perhaps it's you who is being "purposely dense " ?
The quicker America can get the madmen under control, the quicker we can stop this slide towards revised colonialism
That’s a huge problem in this country, we really need to focus more resources on teaching scalable and critical thinking behaviors from an early age. This comment section is horrifying and not at all surprising.
‘It was hypothetical.’
‘He didn’t mean what he said.’
He thinks we’re stupid. Block his ass.
https://bsky.app/profile/nerdyash.bsky.social/post/3liq2kpjy2s2q
Go eat a bag of dicks @mcuban.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/nerdyash.bsky.social/post/3liq2kpwbmk2q
up with this deal..
He has not agreed to it
Trumps mouthpiece is saying he will take the deal - meaning it’s extortion! Trump won’t protect Ukraine - he wants 50% of the profits to payback what US gave Ukraine for past help .. how is this good for Zelensky?
Be smarter Mark
You're spot on.
How dare you.
https://www.prophetyeshua.com
So for me, I’m sorry. I’m out.
1: It sounds reasonable.
2: Trump can't be trusted.
3: I wonder if Trump is negotiating for Putin.
Not everything should be about $$$—let’s not excuse the orange one for undermining our core values on the world stage.
Those values were the foundation of a once-great nation, and no amount of precious minerals is worth giving them up.
These are the type of people who’ll never bleed for their countrymen. Mark would be one of the first on his private jet out of here to his bunker if conflict happened.
This is some bullshit. I don't need to negotiate something from my friend when he's getting the shit kicked out of him. I step up and fight the bully because that's what friends do.
If your only reason to protect a fellow democracy is extortion, you’re not doing it right.
We then encourage other rogue nations to go to war with mineral rich countries, b/c after their country is destroyed and millions killed, we can swoop in and negotiate “peace” then rob them blind of their natural resources.
Just lost 100% of my respect for you.
(I’m a swiftie, not a hater)
How long until Cuban appears with Trump, big smile, signing some contract that will make him even wealthier?
The trillions in tax cuts take care of that.
You know Mark, maybe instead of sicking up to tje Shitstain Orange Shitweasel Anti-Christ Felon President, maybe share a little something something with you followers.
Instead of seeing us out maybe share some of that
💵💲💰💸
It fit
Would you trust any deal he makes?
Ah, capitalism; where fairness goes to die and might makes right.
Unsurprised but disappointed that this is your take Mr. Cuban.
You failed me, Mr. Cuban.
Putin's bidding, Musk's bidding and make the deal but it's not for American interests but Russia's also Musk's. There is no "administration" there is however hostile takeover of our country by Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin.
And I can't believe I have to write this.
It's NOT our (or Russia's) land. This means it's not our (or Russia's) resources.
None of the land is "annexed." it's an ongoing war! We should be aggressively backing Ukraine for the win!
Shame on you, Mark Cuban, for this post.
Capitalism with rules.
Like, if you read any of the foundational works on capitalism they are all Profits should be paid in dividends and reinvestment in equipment and laborers because when we just exploit we get expensive revolutions.
Come on man, so few billionaires not to hate. Do better
Otherwise this is pure colonialism. To the rich go the spoils.
We couldn’t put boots on the ground in conflict, but we will have to occupy to get those minerals. That’s not okay. It’s illegal.
You are asking me to risk my attention span in a world with a million attention magnets, without offering one thing to hook me?
No I have ADHD. Something else needs my attention.
(Lessons for content makers)
Frankly, I think the gambit is going to backfire on Trump. Europe has entered the chat and that is a significant economic and defense problem that I don’t think the very new administration has yet to realize. A lot of brawn doesn’t get beauty.
The very rich must always have their pound of flesh, their "cut"
especially from the most vulnerable
So sad to see you backing this
Hopefully you've not been "spoken to"
They are not negotiating. They are demanding, threatening and bullying.
Don’t support the ends in spite of the means.
Billionaires are shit people.
ALL OF THEM
Both Trump and Putin are not to be trusted ... especially when they are working together.
This is just an attempt to make 💲💲💲for these 2 POS at the expense of Ukrainian lives and sovereignty.
... next stop western Europe!
Europe should use the $300 billion of seized Russian assets to pay for military expansion in Ukraine, without the US. Zelenskyy should now ask the US to pay a premium for the rare minerals in response to Trump’s attempt to blackmail him.
Trump needs to be punished because he’s a thug.
I agree with what you're saying about Europe but doesn't Europe also want those rare minerals? Europe should come first
And Trumpie IS a thug ... certainly when he's bullying women. He thinks he can bully Zelenskyy like a girl (he's met at a party) but doesn't understand tact
We want ukraine as a member that is different than that ( want rare mineral ) logic.
We want members with or without resources, that is not the aim
It’s not Trump’s to acquire!
Is this the new annexation?
Some of us will oppose it!
Bad timing.
100s of 1000s of people losing jobs & livelihoods, for no good reason. Many of them w/ advanced degrees, decades of experience & stellar work reviews.
Agencies that influence the entire world: NIH, CDC, NSF, NASA being decimated.
For minerals? 🤷♀️
I bet Mark has more skeletons in the closet than the Arlington National Cemetery. He just has enough money to buy silence.
I’m not the president Archie bunker is.
But since we’re dealing with Donald Trump, its the mineral trade.
I’ll settle for Russia, not invading Europe at this point
I’m not a rich billionaire, but I agree with Mark Cuban. I’m a poor guy, but I agree
1. Those don’t belong to us. They belong to sovereign Ukraine. Jesus Fucking Christ you should know better.
2. No part of this is any form of negotiation; Trump will get only useless garbage Putin doesn’t keep for himself can parlay to China.
Get a FUCKING clue.
But calling this a negotiation is absurd and dangerous. It's extortion, and we're doing Putin's bidding. (Imagine if FDR joined Germany's side in 1941)
Gravely disappointing from Mark. Really hope he clarifies this
Trump now sees US assets as his private assets. Period. Like Putin. Like Orban.
🌟 Pro-Ukraine sovereignty 🌟 is more the Bluesky vibe
However when I hear generalized assumptions or comments about human cost, I like to hear what another recommends we do.
but..
IF Mark is hinting at anything else.. its that Trump will be forced to give UA the weapons they need to make those territories "uninhabitable" by Russians.. Readers here want justice right, so.. 👇
and what have we learned from satellite footprints and the movement of transportation?
not sure? ask the Russians how their wartime logistics is doing in Donetsk for the 3rd year in a row.
Running them at Chinese pace and demand.. also very difficult when those regions are still in range of destruction.
There is NOTHING to love about the Felon 47 admin.
Everything they do is for them$elve$.
NOT YOU
NOT ME
NOT US
Definitely NOT America.
It's called
A Kinder and Gentler Billionaire
Ukraine owes the US nothing, and talking about how the US would benefit off of strong arming an ally into giving up their own rights after being invaded by another country who was, like the US, sworn to protect Ukraine's sovereignty is vile.
Negotiating is when parties collaborate toward a mutually agreeable outcome.
This is simply extortion.
This is the kind of whitewashing that got us here in the first place…but you know that.
#wordsmatter
He LOVES the idea.
If this were a situation where Russia was being leveraged enough to consider it extortion, would you still have the same self righteous viewpoint of just harsh business tactics?
We NEED those minerals. China banned exports. We need chips. We need transistors. We need a source NOW.
Whether or not we need rare earth minerals is beside the point.
Grow up.
You like your device you are on right now? lol 😆
THAT IS THE POINT…
Good luck with that twitchy moral compass.
Have a good weekend.
I help local homeless vets. I donate to the SPCA and other local shelters.
And I plan to serve Thanksgiving dinner again to next year to those less fortunate.
Nothing twitchy here lady.
I’m solid 👍
So I get mouthy.
If that distracts from my life experiences and intellect to you, I’m comfortable with that.
I am an artist at heart so I am passionate.
Secondly, I have always supported Ukraine. Still do.
Trump is still a lying piece of shit.
The REALITY I laid out is true and incredibly important to our Country as a whole.
We are heading into an ALL IMPORTANT Ai and Quantum Computing journey that if We lose, we LOSE.
However, your argument seems to be that the ends ultimately justify the means (no matter what they are) is where we disagree.
There’s a right way to go about it.
Great people.
But yes, in a zero sum world, where winning means survival, yes I absolutely will justify the means, with a heavy heart…
When the war is ended, and Ukraine stabilizes, they then mine the minerals and pay us back that way.
WE are not the only signatory to the agreement, other NATO nations were, too.
Ukraine is the victim
fuck you.
I should’ve known better.
Birds of a feather...
I can't follow you because of this.
What an ignorant take. A true shame.
This is what is really going on.
This plus your AI fetish is why you can’t be trusted.
Pick a fucking side. Oh, Right…
Blocking you, capitalist whore.
... so all of the remaining Rare Minerals in Ukrainian control.
This is not how allies treat one another.
Time to unfollow Mark.
You’ve been brainwashed. This IS THE INDICATOR!
I can help LMK.
Same mentality as a rapist, you corner your powerless prey and take whatever you want from them.
What a shame!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6215847.stm
Have you watched Shark Tank? Their goal is to extract as much money as possible from hard-working people with better ideas than their own. Whether you win or lose, you lose. There's a reason why we used to call such people robber-barons.
How about we you know, support them and let them use that to build up their own country again?
Cuban is a diseased mind just like every other billionaire sociopath that got their money by robbing the Workers that created the wealth.
Sharks stay with sharks.
Mark, you’re better than this. It’s not WHAT he’s trying to do. It’s THE WAY he’s going about it.
Support Ukraine . Then talk.
Nope, his callous indiference to Ukraine, International Law and failing to stand up to despots, shows he is not 'better than this'
This is who he is, believe him
He will wash his hands in Ukrainian blood for a few dollars.
I think it's the latter.
Mark Cuban and his diseased, wealth hoarding-obsessed mind can fuck off.
Fuck you
I would much prefer Putin just leave
He’s rich but not MAGA.
O'Leary, on the other hand, is a treasonous blowhard who's never done anything to benefit others.
Mark thinks trump 'negotiates' in good faith.
Nice to know he's for invading Ukraine.
#Zelenskyy is
#HoldingTheLine for democracy for the world
Unlike most GOP #GreedyOligarchParty
Support him! Without demanding a pound of flesh 😱😱😱
Get NATO in & move forward knowing the US has gone to the dark side for the time being. I hate what we’ve become. maga= Nazi/KGB.
Trump, Vance and company even have the audacity to want to reshape European politics to their dystopian nightmare.
Elmo is complaining that 🇺🇦 is killing too many RU soldiers.
Except that RU got replaced by NK soldiers. 🤷
It seems RU is out of soldiers and desperate, so they ask Elmo for help.
It looks like 🇷🇺 knows it has lost, but can't even pull out.
Not advocating for it, but the war in Ukraine is heavily tech based.
Pretty sure Zelenskyy knows this. Surprised Cuban doesn't. 😐
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-elon-musks-reported-phone-calls-with-putin-and-why-it-matters
https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lirbyn45nk2y
Everything- I mean EVERYTHING Trump does is transactional.
There is always a quid pro quo!!!
2024 5.7 BILLION
Bullshit walks
July 17, 2014.
283 passengers plus 15 crew, no survivors.
BUK 9M38 (Russian)
You forgot, didn't you?
Who wins if Ukraine folds?
The land is under putins control right now. They’ll raid the resources and take what they can get for it and leave the land as soon as the resources are spoiled or spent.
Once burnt, twice shy
All Trump’s moves are coming from authoritarian playbooks it’s weird.
AND IS IT NEGOTIATING???
I think your true colors are starting to shine through...
What in the more f*ckin Twilight Zone sh*t is this?
Ukraine is a sovereign nation, tired af, now being bullied by two militarized countries. Seriously?!
Nothing is ever enough for them though which is the entire problem.
I have a hard time saying it’s ok to remain a billionaire when so many have so little, from a moral perspective.
Plus it absolutely rots your brain.
Build a following of people who trust you for whatever business products you plan to sell them in the future.
Typically grooming behavior of a DIFFERENT type of predator 💯
https://trilliondollardreadful.com/2025/02/21/t...
He observably does not know what it means to be a man.
We don’t need it from Ukraine, but sure, let’s be morally bankrupt instead and make the rest of the free world hate us.
I laughed at another billionaire governor after how bad Rauner was.
He’s completely shocked me
...then there is Blago... 🥴
Tbh I was extremely hesitant to vote for him, but he has been absolutely amazing this whole time. Performing better than expected.
As a dog lover when you put a dog down it’s pure compassion
They've become Oedipus, but don't realise it.
Luckily they are also dying like everyone else 😂
Nuts.
Marks stocks must be falling too much with the markets instability.