The shocking thing isn’t that the Trump administration wanted ownership of half Ukraine‘s rare-earth resources in exchange for security guarantees. It’s that the contract didn’t even mention any security guarantees on.ft.com/3X54d8T - ThreadSky

dougsaunders.bsky.social • 12 days ago

The shocking thing isn’t that the Trump administration wanted ownership of half Ukraine‘s rare-earth resources in exchange for security guarantees. It’s that the contract didn’t even mention any security guarantees

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tim-doin-tim-stuff.bsky.social•11 days ago

Upon discovering people were actually starting to read the small print in contracts, a palpable fear arose amongst the con men

nicolasgregoire.bsky.social•11 days ago

And that after refusing, he was asked to sign it again and again, because “The president wants you to”.

You just need “It would be a shame if something was to happen, see” for a good mafia movie.

katiaosokine.bsky.social•12 days ago

i had (perhaps mis-)interpreted this quote to mean “…for the money they [already] put in.”

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/ukraine-hands-over-draft-minerals-deal-us-kyiv-source-says-2025-02-14/

phillip-rees.bsky.social•11 days ago

- [ ] check silverware
- [ ] count fingers
- [ ] burn couches
...

jady0865.bsky.social•11 days ago

Europe should enter a bid ….

leedennis.bsky.social•11 days ago

From January 20, 2025, through the end of Republican control of the United States government, any "guarantee" about anything is not worth the paper it's written on, and less if it's only noise.

iandmorrison.com•11 days ago

This is mafia behaviour.

tsmith81.bsky.social•11 days ago

100%, as is the mafia style bust out of the federal government.

citizenvicky.bsky.social•11 days ago

The really shocking thing is that everybody is shocked. Even if there were security guarantees, coming from DT and Putin, they likely wouldn't be worth the paper they were written on.

birckenbachf.bsky.social•11 days ago

In any case, no guarantee from Trump would be worth the paper it was written on

oldunreliable.bsky.social•11 days ago

Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons for security guarantees. And look what happened. So it doesn't seem to matter if security guarantees are included or not.

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