Posted on 02/03/2025 11:52:52 AM PST by marcusmaximus
President Donald Trump on Monday indicated that he wants to reach an agreement with Ukraine to gain access to the country’s rare earth materials as a condition for continuing U.S. support for its war against Russia.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump complained that the U.S. had sent more in military and economic assistance to Ukraine than its European partners, adding, “We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earth and other things.”
Trump suggested that he’s received word from the Ukrainian government that they’d be willing to make a deal to give the U.S. access to the elements critical to the modern high-tech economy.
“I want to have security of rare earth,” Trump added. “We’re putting in hundreds of billions of dollars. They have great rare earth. And I want security of the rare earth, and they’re willing to do it.”
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The negotiation “add on”. After you get them to say yes, it is easy to get more.
Art of the Deal.
The only problem is that Russia will own the minerals, not Ukraine.
More support for Big Tech around him...
I just want to celebrate.
Or did you think the murder of Levoy Finecum was a random act of ambush?
‘Bout time the US gets something in return for all the cash we sent then and cut out Biden’s share of it.
They’re President Trump’s minerals now.
Fair.
Not if Trump has the last say. Is it not clear now that Trump is not going to let Russia walk away holding all of the chips?
Oh no you poor Ukraine hating Russian propagandists. But it can’t be, you all said Ukraine has nothing of worth.
I support Trump. Whatever he does with Russia and Ukraine is fine with me.
Get ready cuz here we come...
Nothing will happen until Tulsi Gabbard is in place to determine the accuracy of things — like whether or not such rare earth deposits are actually there.
Trump is being briefed on such things by Biden holdovers. Just be patient until he gets accurate intel.
Can’t do that. Already sold to Black Rock.
The rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or rare earths, and sometimes the lanthanides or lanthanoids (although scandium and yttrium, which do not belong to this series, are usually included as rare earths), are a set of 17 nearly indistinguishable lustrous silvery-white soft heavy metals.
To say a place has REEs says little unless you say *which* REEs you are referring to. They are NOT interchangeable, like lead and gold, though neither of them are REEs.
I like his concept of making profit.
You poor oaf. Even with the ugly truth about Ukraine being exposed daily you still aren't able to see you were duped.
Exactly how dopey are you?
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