Trump seeks Ukrainian rare earths in exchange for aid

https://kyivindependent.com/trump-seeking-ukrainian-rare-earths-in-exchange-for-aid/

44 comments

  2. Of course. Everything with the Orange POS is transactional… 

  3. Blackmailing & extorting Ukraine again, eh?

    Trump is always punching down.

  4. Elon seeks them not Trump… let’s be honest here, Elon wants to control the EV market… at any cost.

  5. The orange turds 💩 looking to enrich the oligarchs for peace

  6. As transactional as this is…I’m not mad at it. In essence if the US wants to secure those minerals we’ll need to have some level of boots on the ground to protect those assets. It’s actually genius…fuck I hate saying that.

    But at the end of the day, this isn’t a charity competition

  7. Most of those rare earth minerals are on the east side of the country now controlled by Russia…so, it requires Trump and Zelensky kicking Russia out of the whole country. Could happen since Russia is about economically collapsed and needs all of those sanctions to come off.

  8. If Trump is motivated by rare earths for aid it is not a terrible thing for Ukraine, despite being an indicator of Trump’s malicious nature.

    Ultimately, it makes Ukraine essential to the USA which means they’re more likely to help Ukraine. Russians also want Ukraine’s resources so they’ll have to fight the USA for them.

  9. I mean if this is what it takes for Ukraine to survive – go for it.

  10. It’s not really aid if they have to trade for it.

    But hey, if he actually sticks to this as his Ukrainian war policy then we’ll be in a better place than most of us expected.

  11. Not the worst “deal” (scant details aside). Seems US’ best hardware for the fight, so would be good to have them on side *&* may give them some reason to not cede too much.

  12. Then I should demand Trump to make a great deal for Ukraine.

  13. Putin isn’t going to sit back and have the US take what he wants, I wouldn’t think.

  14. As the Russian troops rolled into Ukraine back when, Zelenskyy actually said “I need a 5D chessboard, not a ride”.

    Slava Ukraini.

  17. God I’ll be glad when he’s dead. It’ll be the only positive contribution he’ll ever make to the world.

  20. Canada is a major supplier of these rare earth minerals. Now that Trump has stabbed Canada in the back by starting a trade war, the US needs these minerals from elsewhere.

  21. Here go Mr. Quid pro quo. Show me the aid first.

  23. Considering it’s in the east mostly. It’s not a bad deal since it would require the USA pushing back Russia and securing it from Russian assaults so USA companies or Ukrainian companies could access it. It’s not the worse kind of deal imo. 

  24. Like I said in other threads, everything is for sale with him. He doesn’t care who it benefits or harms as long as he can make money.

  25. lol there it is!!! zelenskyy knew just how to tickle the orange queen

  26. Absolute shock – there was something Trump WANTED in exchange for more aid?

  28. Zelensky postponing the deal was a grand foresight. If he had done the deal with Biden, then Trump would’ve cancelled it out of spite and ego, but doing the deal with Trump nearly guarantees its approval such that it now appeals to his ego.

  29. Isn’t that a absoltely manageable demand? I mean fuck sell Trump the rocks. Shovel them directly into his bed.

  30. Zelenskyy promises Trump all the minerals and natural resources that Putin is trying to steal by force….

  31. I am thinking China’s export ban on rare earths to U.S. is hurting them a bit.

  32. The embarrassing part is to try to plunder a war turn country that you (US( promised to protect in return of them giving up the 3rd largest nuclear weapons arsenal!!!

  33. this is trumps goal everywhere! greenland and canada included he wants rare earth methods for his tech bros …. this is what this is all about

  34. Trump is not giving Ukraine aide.

    Period.

    This is all a charade for concessions he will demand more and more until talks break down and then he will claim Ukraine is just trying to steal from the US.

  35. There it is – let Putin do the hard work, then we demand valuable natural resources. Remember Mr. We Should Have Taken The Oil? It’s the same mentality.

  36. Once again, Trump uses the US economy, military, etc as a goddamn protection racket. Excuse me while I go puke, because I don’t trust that he won’t stab them in the back even if they agree to the deal.

  37. Ill take independace and freedom support any fucking day over some minerals. This is a non issue at the moment

  38. This is actually a pretty good thing.

    Not only would it be a way for Ukraine to secure further aid, but more importantly:

    The more economic links there are between Ukraine and the U.S., and the harder the U.S. will protect Ukraine.

    I’m not saying Trump would potentially do this out of the kindness of his heart, but having cold hard cash backing your security guarantees will be a nice change of pace for Ukraine after the Budapest memorandum

  39. I could help you prevent your country’s men from getting tortured or murdered in front of their families, or its women from getting gang raped by Russians/North Koreans/Chechans, or their whole neighborhoods being targeted by bombs, but what’s in it for me!

    I could help your state with its natural disaster but what’s in it for me!

    I could keep my mouth shut and not speculate why a plane crash happened that I might’ve caused, but I want to blame it on people who aren’t white or straight!

    What a vile waste of cells.

  40. Get the missiles first.
    The U.S.’s word means nothing anymore.

  41. As Ukrainian I don’t really care who would profit from these minerals – US or Ukrainian billionaires. Who gives a fuck – it definitely wouldn’t go into Ukrainian budget anyway in near future.

  42. So the rumors about why hes going after greenland are true.

  43. Trump swipes in and steals the treasures Putin was after in Ukraine. Pooting will be pissed. Trumps like an old bear reaching into the bees nest to pull out a hand full of honey, like Whinny the Pooh

  44. Zelensky should offer America first rights to all the rare earth materials in the Donestk region in exchange for sufficient support to liberate it from Russia. Then Zelensky has an easy sell, “You want your rare earth mats? Give me all the weapons i need to go get them back”.

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