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Related: About this forumWhy Trump's Rare Earth Deal with Ukraine Doesn't Make Sense - TLDR News EU
Over the last few days, Trump and Zelenskyy have had a public falling out, allegedly due to the prospective mineral deal that would see the US get preferential access to Ukraine's mineral reserves. In this video, we're taking a look at this deal, why it's so controversial and what might happen next.
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Why Trump's Rare Earth Deal with Ukraine Doesn't Make Sense - TLDR News EU (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Feb 22
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Lovie777
(17,690 posts)1. They never got along.......................
rampartd
(1,804 posts)2. who gets these minerals?
the treasury?
musk?
trump?
some how i don't think trump is negotiating on behalf of the taxpayers.
Justice matters.
(8,236 posts)4. putin?
in full or half?
Really. I think that war criminal, killer of pregnant women in hospitals... would agree to let go his plan to fill his own pockets... for nothing??
Who would believe that?
brush
(59,431 posts)3. Zelensky and Ukrainian officials would be idiots to sign such a one-sided deal. On the other hand...
trump is an idiot if he thinks Putin will let him and the US haul away billions of dollars worth of Ukrainian minerals in perpetuity from under his nose...when Russia could use those minerals itself.
But that's trump for you. A walking and talking idiot.