You have enemies? Good.
It means you’ve stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
Posted on 02/28/2025 9:00:00 PM PST by ransomnote
I think things are getting quite close.
Not quite correct, here’s what the tweet says:
Just 7,000 politically connected NGOs are hoarding 90% of all taxpayer money meant for nonprofits.
You are most welcQome!
You have enemies? Good.
It means you’ve stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
Victor David Hanson is great, thank you, will check out tomorrow.
Placemark!
little jeremiah wrote:
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I think there won’t be a problem re: NATO and Ukraine; after Zeester’s fit the Ukraine legislature wants to get rid of him. Not all Ukrainians are evil tools of the globalists. Ha
“
Yep, I agree 100%.
The Z-man is at it again:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4301646/posts?page=26#26
To: JonPreston
>>>>Zelensky says, “f*ck Trump” to a reporter on his way to a meeting in the UK.<<<<
What a flaming ahole.
I hope President Trump doesn’t have anything to do with this ungrateful slav punk ever again.
$350+ BILLION of our hard earned Tax Payer dollars and this is the thanks we get?
Screw Zelensky, screw NeverTrumpers and screw zeepers. If this were my site, I’d zot everyone of them.
26 posted on 3/2/2025, 7:15:32 PM by bimboeruption ((“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023) )
thanx.
I remember Lerner. Found to be in Contempt of Congress (same as Bannon). She didn’t serve a day jail time.
An unethical man's money spends the same as a saint's. If the deal is clean without liability, take the dough and go. One less thing to settle.
Go to post 113 at this FR thread -
Obama, Hillary and their leftist InIternational cohorts have their hands all over Zelensky’s playing/stalling with Trump - they are going for Regime change of Putin as we’ve said all along.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4301563/posts?page=109
Thanks for the ping.
LUTNICK: US Will Not Provide Additional Funds To Ukraine Until Zelenskiy Is Ready For Peace
:: I’ll interview some lawyers and hire one tomorrow ::
Check the lawyers who were involved in any court cases \against\ the developers.
They will have an axe to grind.
I would love to know the documentation behind all these numbers.....
Many have already made that call,they will perish.
From the link:
Tony Shaffer to Newsmax: Trump, Ukraine in 'Battle of Dueling Narratives'
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tony-shaffer-ukraine-trump/2025/03/02/id/1201039/
Home | Newsmax TV
Tags: tony Shaffer | ukraine | trump | minerals By Sandy Fitzgerald | Sunday, 02 March 2025 10:08 AM EST
The White House and Ukraine are involved in a "battle of dueling narratives" over Ukraine's minerals deal, considering that three days before President Donald Trump's inauguration, the British signed an agreement with Ukraine that includes rights to the resources, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer told Newsmax Sunday.
"This is on the British U.K. website," Shaffer, the president of Project Sentinel, told Newsmax's "Wake Up America Weekend." "Ukraine and the U.K. signed a 100-year deal over security guarantees and economic development."
Shaffer said he believes the strong words toward Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday in the Oval Office were the result of President Donald Trump and his team finding out "they were being played."
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I checked out Grok3 to see what AI had to say:
Tony Shaffer, a former intelligence officer and commentator, has claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a deal with the UK prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, allegedly involving mineral rights or broader strategic agreements. This claim has circulated on platforms like X and in interviews, such as one with Newsmax, where Shaffer suggested Zelensky might have outmaneuvered the U.S. to secure a deal with the UK while still seeking American financial support.
There is no definitive, publicly verifiable evidence from official sources confirming that Zelensky signed a specific mineral rights deal with the UK on or around January 15, 2025, as some posts on X have suggested. However, there are related developments that might provide context for Shaffer's assertion.
On January 16, 2025, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Kyiv and signed a "100-year partnership agreement" with Ukraine, focused on support across sectors like healthcare, military technology, and security guarantees, as reported by Al Jazeera. This agreement, while significant, does not explicitly mention mineral rights in the available public details.
Later, on March 1, 2025, Zelensky visited London and signed a £2.26 billion loan agreement with the UK, repayable using profits from frozen Russian assets, intended for military supplies, according to the BBC. Again, this deal does not explicitly reference mineral rights.
Shaffer's claim could be an interpretation or extrapolation of these known agreements, possibly conflating them with speculation about Ukraine's mineral wealth, which has been a topic in U.S.-Ukraine discussions.
For instance, Zelensky has been negotiating a minerals deal with the U.S., which remained unsigned after a contentious White House meeting with Trump on February 28, 2025, as reported by multiple outlets like the BBC and The Independent. Ukraine's vast reserves of critical materials, such as graphite, titanium, and lithium, are well-documented, and Zelensky has leveraged these in talks with Western partners.
Shaffer might be suggesting that Zelensky secured a similar arrangement with the UK first, though no official UK-Ukraine agreement specifically tied to mineral rights has been confirmed in the public domain as of March 3, 2025.
The lack of concrete documentation—such as a leaked contract or official statement—means Shaffer's claim remains unverified and speculative at this point. Posts on X citing Shaffer reflect current sentiment among some commentators skeptical of Zelensky’s intentions, but they do not constitute conclusive evidence. It's possible(likely) Shaffer has access to non-public information from his intelligence background, but without substantiation, the claim cannot be confirmed as true.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's documented agreements with the UK in January and March 2025 show a deepening partnership, which could be the basis for his assertion, even if the specifics (like mineral rights) are unclear or misinterpreted.
In short, while Zelensky has made deals with the UK, there's no solid proof that a mineral rights agreement was signed as Shaffer claims. The assertion is plausible given Ukraine's strategic moves and resource wealth, but it lacks corroboration from reliable, open sources as of now. Always approach such claims critically, especially when they originate from commentators rather than primary evidence.
I think I’d involve someone very well versed in real estate and real estate law - to protect YOURs and everyone else’s behinds. You took away their strongest tool of devaluing the property, but being in the business of making shady deals, I would only trust them as far as I could throw them (and at my somewhat advanced age, I’m not really in shape to throw people any more).
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