Ukraine’s officials call US minerals deal “robbery” as Washington expands demands

FT: Ukraine’s officials call US minerals deal “robbery” as Washington expands demands

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  2. President Zelenskyy should not try to make a deal with a conman. DonTheCon will lie, cheat and steal to get what he wants and then changes his mind. Look at how he renegotiated NATFA in USMCA, his deal was so moronic that it led to a tariff war with both our neighbors.

  3. The more the US and Russia up their demands the more I’m convinced Russia is at the point of collapse. Give them nothing.

  4. I wonder how deals for mineral rights work. Is the US government going to auction off those rights to private companies? Or does the deal consist of Ukraine ceding rights to a specific company whose primary shareholder happens to be around the White House?

  5. Play along for some time while you prepare for a complete US cutoff, but it’s clear Trump asks what can’t be given.

    Anyway, 18 Archers incoming from Sweden soon, training of crews ongoing as we speak.

  6. Greatly likely to profit Trump’s family members. What a shameless scum he is. Just say no if it is not fair and see if Trump dares to suspend aid again for not allowing his family members to profit in the most contemptible and corrupt way imaginable.

  8. What I don’t understand is the Republican’s are so very against any concept of environmental protections, renewable fuels etc but are willing to participate in the Annexation of sovereign nations to steal natural resources and ‘rare earth’ elements. Dumb and dumber.

  9. Two super powers fighting for this countries resources, the Budapest Memorandum backfired hard

  10. So now we are doing hostile takeover of Ukraine, Canada, and Greenland at the same time? We might be overreaching a little.

    Seriously. What percentage of eligible voters (including disenfranchised by Electoral College) support this?

  11. As an American I say that Ukraine should give Trump nothing. Absolutely nothing.

  12. America is fascist, and the majority of Americans like it that way. 

    If you don’t like fascist America trying to destroy your country, let an American know when they visit yours. 

    Hard lesson learned for sure. 

  13. I’ve altered the terms of the deal, pray I don’t alter it any further – Darth Trump

  14. The US is no longer a good faith negotiator. Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

  15. “I am altering the deal, pray I don’t alter it further.” – Donald J. Trump 2025

  16. Wake up! Stop pretending he isn’t a Russian asset!

    Actions speak louder than words.

    His KGB name is “Krasnov”. He’s doing this so he has an excuse to cut Ukraine off.

    He knows they cannot accept the insane demands.

  17. This agreement is horrible. It would be Ukraine’s Treaty of Versailles except they’ve done literally nothing wrong.

    Reject this agreement. It’s daylight robbery.

  18. And this is a surprise? The orange turd wants to hand over Ukraine and Europe to Putin.

    For the first time since WW2, Europe is actively strategizing their defense and mobilizing financing due to the diplomatic deterioration with the U.S. The media should be putting that in the headlines ad nauseum. The world needs to fear the possibility of WW3; it’s the only way that people will snap out of their internet/social media/tech gadget slumber and vote out all of these horrendous people.

  19. America will keep making the treaties more and more detrimental for Ukraine until they finally say Ukraine doesn’t want peace, pull out completely and start supporting Russia for the sake of “ending the conflict.”

  20. Of course it was. It isn’t a deal to Donny unless the other party gets disproportionately fucked over.

  21. Perfect example of why nobody should waste their time negotiating with the usa anymore. 

    They arent interested in actually making deals, its just extortion, and no matter what you give or think youll get, they will always go back on their word and try to get more. 

  25. Don’t believe him.

    Russia will not honor the ceasefire and Ukraine will be depleted of its resources.

  26. Yeah… speed-running your way toward mob rule so you can Russia-fy America right into the ground. Turns out the cold war is going to end up as a draw.

  28. Ukraine needs to keep coming back to my government clown show with better deals from the EU. Show them that they don’t have “all the cards”.

  29. Just keep stringing him a line. Zelensky must know that once the aid money that has already been allocated then Trump provides no more. So get what you can while Europe tools up. Russia is in a bad place.

    America that once was is no more and we have to live with that. Ukraine has saved Europe already and it’s time to pay them back and stick together.

  30. This is basically colonization. I could see this deal that could be made only for minerals etc. for occupied territories if they got liberated. Not the whole Ukraine.

  31. The US has none of the cards they think they hold. Don’t sign this shit deal. Work with the normal countries that aren’t weird anymore, and let Russia collapse.

  32. Ukraine gave up their nuclear arsenal for a promise of protection by the USA.

    By now, the USA have showed themselves untrustworthy as they apparantly won’t uphold their part of an agreement unless they get “more” to the degree where they practically leave the ones they had agreements with in a massive made up debt, broken and ripe for explotation by US companies.

    Honestly, China is starting to look like a far more “reliable” superpower over the US, and that is kinda scary…

    But with how the USA seems to be “transitioning” to become “the CFA” (Corporate States of America), it shouldn’t come as a surprise that “greed” and a focus on “how does this benefit me and my bottom-line” has become the norm.

    Sad to say that the US is burning most of their bridges, but maybe the “next world order” will get to fix some of the issues in the world while the CSA fixates on their internal (and only) markets in the future.

  34. The more this goes on, the more I expect the US to invade Ukraine next

  35. That’s what a fraud businessman does. Rob people as much as possible.

  36. Fuck the orange Muppet. Give em nothing 🇮🇪🇪🇺

  38. This person would walk past a rape, think it’s free sex, encourage the rapist, and wait excitedly for his turn. It’s just sickening.

  39. Outrage. Greeedy Americans who knew it. Fuck giving them anything allow Eu/ France to give security and leasing instead of full ownership

  40. Because the “deal” is a smoke screen to say “look they want all this help for nothing”. So they can hand Ukraine over to Russia. Because that’s who Trump wants us to be like.

  43. Instead of being a Russian puppet state they would effectively become a puppet of America. They should send the 300 pound orange gorilla a resounding NO!

  44. This is basically a demand for Ukraine to become a vassal state.

    …Which is what they’re already fighting a war about. Why would they ever accept this?

    What a bizarre thing to even bring up.

  47. Democrats should make clear they’ll revert the deal the second they can. That should be before the us can make any profits, making it pointless.

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