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‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and the US is looking for ‘payback’ for its previous military assistance of the $69.2bn in military aid. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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We Are Taking Concrete Steps to Ensure That Talks About Ukraine and All of Europe Happen With the Participation of Both Ukraine and Europe – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zara...

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From saviour to Judas… How Trump’s pivot on Russia also endangers his own country With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own course www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Republicans put the sick in sycophancy as they compete to fawn over Trump

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Apparently not even blackmail, thereby knowingly jeopardizing the lives of thousands of Ukrainian citizens and military, is too low for Trump and his BFF Elon Musk. 'Game changer': US reportedly threatens to revoke Ukraine's Starlink access over minerals www.rawstory.com/starlink/

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Trump’s revolution will end badly — for himself, and for America According to Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” President Trump and his minions would do well to heed it. thehill.com/opinion/camp...

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How Elon Musk's White House Job Is Helping Line His Pockets Being Donald Trump's best friend seems to come with a lot of perks for the billionaire businessman. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

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Trump isn’t the only president who knows a bad deal when he sees one President Zelensky’s refusal to sign away half of his country’s rare earth minerals for few future guarantees is one of many reasons why Trump has been raging at his counterpart in Kyiv www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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President Trump’s tirades against Ukraine and the start of peace talks between the U.S. and Russia have come as painful blows to America’s closest allies Allies say they are concerned Putin will feel emboldened to attack alliance territory www.wsj.com/politics/nat... via @WSJ

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How US allies may try to safeguard their intel ops from Trump US allies that share intelligence with the US are looking at ways to safeguard top-secret information from what they expect to be a very leaky Trump administration, but their options are limited www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Europe should brace for Trump to end NATO protection, Germany’s Merz warns “We must prepare for the possibility that Donald Trump will no longer uphold NATO’s mutual defense commitment unconditionally,” Merz said in an interview on Friday. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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EU leaders plan €20B Ukraine aid package as Trump turns against Zelenskyy As the U.S. turns its back, Europe is scrambling to step up. www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...

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MAGA takes aim at the Republican hawks Trump loyalists are sending a message to the GOP’s foreign policy traditionalists. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Europe Must and Can Do Significantly More to Truly Achieve Peace – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/yevr...

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Andriy Yermak Had a Phone Call with Michael Waltz — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/andr...

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Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen His capitulation to Putin over Ukraine reveals a pattern. He’s the patsy: giving everything away, getting little in return www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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29 times Donald Trump did what Putin wanted Whose side is he on? It’s hard to keep up, so here’s a handy guide to America’s new policy of close alignment with the Kremlin. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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"Gravedigger of American Democracy": McConnell gave us the do-nothing Congress: McConnell reshaped the Senate forever, taking the wind out of two Presidents' sails with a playbook for obstruction

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It looks like Steve Bannon just did a Nazi salute at the end of his CPAC speech.

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Peace Is Always a Common Cause – Especially the Peace We Must Leave for All Future Generations – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/mir-...

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President and First Lady Honored the Memory of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prez...

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Mr Garcia, I have drafted an appropriate response for you. You're welcome.

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Ukraine must strike minerals deal, says Trump adviser The comments, made at a White House briefing on Thursday, overshadowed a meeting in Kyiv between Zelensky and Keith Kellogg, the US chief envoy to Ukraine. bbc.com/news/article...

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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp owned WSJ reads President Donald Trump the riot act over his rhetorical assault on Ukraine. Donald Trump’s seeming desperation for a deal with Vladimir Putin is a risk to Ukraine, Europe, U.S. interests—and his own Presidency. wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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