Ukraine (Mod Note & Threadbanned Users in OP)

The whole rare earth thing got little mention until recently, and now its a $500Billion mega deal. How much is there in terms of proven reserves? Where are they exactly? Are they economically viable to extract? How long would it take for revenues to actually flow?

Maybe if Zelenskyy promises a huge share of the profits, DJT will get a huge share of very little, and then in 10 or 20 years time. Sounds like a good deal for Ukraine if DJT has a big equity stake in such a risky proposition. Seems consistent for someone who baknrupted his casino

THis confirms many of my doubts about the Ukraine minerals deal.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/27/politics/trump-ukraine-minerals-doubts-resources/index.html

US can already hit any spot on the globe with precision. They don't need missile sites. This is just as silly as the claim that they invaded Iraq to get oil when they already had cheap access to all the oil they needed, and then some. (In fact, the US is now not far off self-sufficient in oil production)

It is uncomfortable viewing

The most disgraceful conduct I have ever seen from politicians of a western democracy. Trump and Vance's behaviour was absolutely sickening. The world was watching and it wasn't a good look.

I don't think it even got as far as Zelenskyy indicating if he was going to sign or not. Trump and JDV just attacked him because that was their intention all along. The only positive is that they couldn't help themselves and the world can see what they really are. I'm sure Zelenskyy had no intention of signing anything but I'd say this has played out better for him than him outright refusing to sign.

The Trump regime were never on his side and were going to bully him regardless of what he did. Good thing they are so stupid that they pulled back the curtain before even getting to the signing table (not that anyone with any sense didn't know what they are like already).

Trump is an evil, vindictive prick who only cares about himself. I just hope enough of the American people see this, although there are many who will think Zelenskyy was the problem here.

Maybe the meeting never got as far as talking about the minerals deal.

But that was the whole point of Zelenskyy coming to the White House in the first place.

I'd like to see the text of the deal.

I'd say any guarantees in it from the American side about defending Ukraine were fairly vague and undefined.

It's clear that Trump and Vance want Ukraine to give in to Putin.

That's their plan to end the war.

Before Trump became President he boasted that he would end the Ukraine war because he was a "deal-maker".

Now we see what he means by this; he believes he can make deals between two opposing sides by bullying the weaker side into caving in to the stronger side.

I hope he's not fucked, he's done a fantastic job representing his proud people against an unprovoked invasion by a Superpower .

It's beyond sick to see you support Russia's latest territorial acquisition.

You've no clue, I'm not getting into schooling someone who's so ignorant on the matter as to calling it an "unprovoked invasion".

Russia is in absolute bits economically. Their economy is now smaller than Italy's and smaller than the state of Texas. They are not far off being beaten, simply because they are fast running out of money to fund the war. Something doesn't add up at all. Any other US president would relish the opportunity to deal a killer blow to Russia when they are at their weakest in decades but not Trump, for an as yet unknown reason.

The AP and Reuters were banished from the Oval Office today. TASS, which is not a member of the White House Press Pool had a representative get in "somehow". The whole thing stinks. The argument was a show, set up for the cameras by Trump.

Ditto NATO expansion, that well-worn hoary old chestnut is still regularly wheeled out

From Gorbachev himself, and he should know, he was there.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1790440638804054110

With full access to the weapon and minding that Ukraine was the centre for most of the USSR scientific and military advancements, it would not have taken them much to reconfigure for their own use.

putin needs a weak trump to fight for him as russia have failed absolutely catastrophically on the battlefield against a much smaller and lesser equipped army.

Just because you've fallen onto the internet recently doesn't mean that others haven't been watching Ukraine and russian aggression for more than the past decade.

Fool, if you've been watching this fir a decade you'll know full well what's went on and why Russia eventually went into Ukraine