Probably a good thing, the US sucked at it anyway. Ukraine was going to be forced to concede so much… Art of the Deal strikes again.
Nah, Trump got what he wanted, the minerals deal. Now he can keep sanctions on China for longer while we strip mine Ukraine for rare earth minerals.
Lol, we aren’t going to be mining anything. Rare earth minerals aren’t rare because they’re only located in isolated places, they’re rare because they are only present in small amounts when mining other materials.
The hard part is the refining of rare earth minerals because it requires large investments in refineries to separate the materials and consolidate them. Infrastructure that Ukraine or America haven’t invested in.
The minerals deal is just something that trump can point to as a “win” when in reality it’s not worth anything. Just like everything this administration does, it’s nothing but smoke and mirrors.
In that case, looks like Zelenskyy had the cards.
I’m aware, but they’re also unfortunately rare in the US, and we need batteries if we don’t maintain a good trade relationship with China.
America actually has plenty of rare earth deposits, it’s just not profitable to mine them and then build facilities to refine them.
Bro the US isn’t going to mine shit in an active war zone. The mineral deal might be beneficial if peace is reached but not before that.
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It’s going to take years if not decades to setup the full supply chain off that deal, he’ll likely be dead by then and China will be laughing the whole time.
Ironically, that might be the most useful contribution to eventual peace in Ukraine the US has made for some time now.
Thanks, I guess.
So much for ending the war in one day.
The DealMaker Suivant
“We got what we wanted I don’t give a fuck now” - Trump.
Fortunately for Ukraine, all they really got was a photo OP.
hey look it’s almost like Donnie has no idea what to do about anything
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This is not bad news, well for putin it is IMO.
A good thing. The orange cancer will side with Russia anyways. Wish more cough all cough countries would turn their backs and say piss off to that addled old twatwaffle.
Does his hand look small?
If you think it looks small now, you should see it next to his deformed penis.
… can I not?
you know how like…in China or NK they have those “great leader” photos in every house?
He’s going to force his dick pics on every house.
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Question is: now that we got the big loud bully out of the house, can the EU and maybe someone else who is sensible, like Canada, enter the room and bring actual diplomatic value to this sharade?
Probably not. Russia’s motives dont stem from a communications failure. They stem from predatory imperialist intent, and they arnt scared of the EU or Canada.
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No
The EU will continue funding Ukraine’s war, allowing thousands of people to die on both sides of the war. And they’ll slowly ease on Russian restrictions if they feel like they need it for economic growth.
The EU could force Russia’s hand and end this war but it doesn’t seem like they want to
ART OF THE DEAL, BABY.
Member when he said he’d force them to agree on something within a week or something fucking stupid?
Such a FLOTUS. It’s all lies and empty promises, coated in idle boasting. What a fucking loser.
I’m gonna end the war! Wait this is hard, nevermind.
Remember in the first trump term when he assigned Jared Kushner the job of implementing peace in the Middle East? How’s the Middle East peace these days?
Well, nobody knew
healthcare,middle east, Ukraine was so complicated.
