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Ukrainian officials were advised not to sign a U.S. proposal on accessing rare earth minerals, as it prioritized U.S. interests and lacked security guarantees for Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The document, presented by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bassent during a Kyiv visit, was intended as compensation for U.S. aid.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskyy stressed any agreement must ensure both financial benefits and security for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression, and Ukraine is preparing a counter proposal.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Even if the USA promised total war against Russia until Ukraine is completely free plus 50 years of protection, who would believe a single letter in an agreement with Murica today??

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They had to run in the middle of the night from their last base in Afghanistan. They are a joke

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Sounds like the "Fart of the Deal"

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

Trump sounds so weak ngl.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Give Ukraine back some nukes under their own control.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Standard imperial contract.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (4 children)

So, let me know if I understand what the US is proposing. In exchange for getting Russia to agree to only annex a large chunk of the country (for now), Ukraine must cede a huge percentage of its natural resources to the US as payment. Is that about it?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Once the ~~US~~ Trump has a signed agreement for the minerals he signs a treaty for Ukraine giving Russia whatever it wants but let's the ~~US~~ Trump keep the mineral rights.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦™

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If Trump and Musk had just waited until some of these deals were inked before trying to plunder the US Treasury, they'd be in a much better position. If they're willing to treat their own people like an ATM, how are any of our allies supposed to take them at their word, or trust that the US is negotiating in good faith? And the notion that foreign aid should be paid for like a utility bill is, I think, a pretty foreign notion to most.

It's wild to me that the super-wealthy are still so insatiably greedy that they're tripping over their own feet here.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's because you're thinking of them as people like us instead of sociopaths.

Extreme wealth is a disease.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

A recent study shows a link between workaholics and erosion of moral values.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

most of us if we had 10 million dollars would just stop working and go out adventuring across the world. billionaires, however, are set onto some sort of arcade game where the number next to their name when they die is the entire point. it's not fun for them. but they have to see the number go up because it's the only source of dopamine in their life

[–] [email protected] 148 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Trump and the rest of the Putin-bootlickers can go fuck themselves.

May Europe do what the US is apparently no longer willing to, and provide Ukraine the necessary support to defend itself.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

And the people complaining that people who want to support Ukraine against an outside invasion are warmongers can go fuck themselves with a cactus.

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