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Trump says minerals deal to be signed next Thursday after Ukraine talks
Reuters AOL News ^ | 4/17/2025 | Angelo Amante

Posted on 04/17/2025 11:22:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would sign a new minerals deal next Thursday, in an apparent reference to talks with Ukraine.

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To: marcusmaximus

There’s plenty of rare earth minerals in America but it’s good to have much more before China sucks it up. I’m not sure how much Zelensky land has and how much is on actual Russia controlled land.


21 posted on 04/17/2025 11:47:04 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Deal’s done. Now $100B, not $300B.


22 posted on 04/17/2025 11:48:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Zelinsky needs to go.


23 posted on 04/17/2025 11:48:40 AM PDT by crz
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Change his mind? Where did you see that Zelenskyy said he would sign Thursday? You haven’t.


24 posted on 04/17/2025 11:52:13 AM PDT by POGO163
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To: 9YearLurker

I tend to agree with you...but I’m sure Trump has another angle...which will come out after a cease fire.


25 posted on 04/17/2025 11:55:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: DesertRhino

This mineral deal is a red herring, a distraction. I wish Trump had never taken Zelensky’s bait on it. According to what I have read (and posted links to sources here on FR in the past), these rare earth mineral reserves are either unproven (may not even exist) in some cases, or are not commercially viable in other cases. Yeah, there’s that one scandium deposit that can and is being mined, but big whoop.


26 posted on 04/17/2025 11:57:58 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: marcusmaximus

How crappy it is that we must be skeptical of this and anything requiring Zelensky to do anything?


27 posted on 04/17/2025 11:58:02 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (tried to invade )
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To: crz

I understand you. With Zelenskyy Putin can’t win, so his leaving would help Putin...

And you think no one else understands that? You are a dreamer...


28 posted on 04/17/2025 11:58:37 AM PDT by POGO163
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To: CatHerd

I think this is being done at the direction of State Street, Fidelity, and Blackrock. It’s a great chance for them to cash in. And it will create an entire new generation of Manafort, Romney‘s, Kerry, Pelosi, Hunter Biden etc. There will be an entire generation of American political connected corrupticrats created.
This deal is a bad bad idea.


29 posted on 04/17/2025 12:01:58 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: DesertRhino

How are they going to cash in if these supposed rare earth mineral deposits either don’t exist at all or are not commercially viable?


30 posted on 04/17/2025 12:14:26 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: POGO163

Head of the snake. Or in this case the puppet of the snakes.

Putin doesnt have to do jack. Holds all the cards and with all this back and fort, it serves his intentions.

Trump meanwhile, is trying to satisfy all around. He needs to back up and assess past negotistions and who is actually talking respectfully.

The Russians are in the drivers seat. The longer negotiations go on, the more they gain on the ground.
The Ukrainians have offered nothing..in effect. They have played the opposite of a negotiator.


31 posted on 04/17/2025 12:14:56 PM PDT by crz
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To: marcusmaximus

By the time Ukraine loses the war all the minerals will be on Russian property. Putin has all the cards.


32 posted on 04/17/2025 12:20:34 PM PDT by Karl Spooner (Putin: "Time to finish off the Ukraine troops"- 3/28/25)
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To: marcusmaximus

33 posted on 04/17/2025 12:21:58 PM PDT by Allegra (Strategic initiatives )
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To: DesertRhino
Both Russia and China are far more corrupt than Ukraine, and given what we've found out through DOGE, I'm not sure the US is less corrupt.

And Ukraine like most of the Eastern European states had a very high opinions of the US, at least Trump. In any case, calling it a "hostile" power is simply nonsense.

34 posted on 04/17/2025 12:32:41 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Karl Spooner

Three and a half years is a long time to play if Russia has all the cards. LOL


35 posted on 04/17/2025 12:33:33 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: pierrem15

Time is of no consequence for the Russians, it is for the US however.


36 posted on 04/17/2025 12:38:37 PM PDT by Karl Spooner (Putin: "Time to finish off the Ukraine troops"- 3/28/25)
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To: Karl Spooner
Time is of no consequence for the Russians, it is for the US however.

When they are losing 900 - 1500 men a day, it is a concern. Putin isn't Stalin and can't rustle up division after division.

37 posted on 04/17/2025 12:47:02 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: marcusmaximus

And Trump trusts this inveterate little lying creep to keep his end of the bargain because...


38 posted on 04/17/2025 1:04:41 PM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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To: pierrem15

Because they are not. You read too much propaganda.


39 posted on 04/17/2025 1:08:05 PM PDT by Karl Spooner (Putin: "Time to finish off the Ukraine troops"- 3/28/25)
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To: marcusmaximus

40 posted on 04/17/2025 1:11:34 PM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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