Posted on 02/08/2025 11:58:45 AM PST by marcusmaximus
German chancellor Olaf Scholz criticises U.S. President’s demand for Ukrainian rare earths in exchange for U.S. aid, emphasising selflessness in helping Ukraine.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed as “selfish and self-serving” Donald Trump’s demands for Ukrainian rare earths in exchange for U.S. military aid, in an interview published on Saturday (February 8, 2025).
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“Ukraine is under attack and we are helping it, without asking to be paid in return. This should be everyone’s position,” Mr. Scholz told the RND media group, when asked about Mr. Trump’s demands for a possible quid pro quo for U.S. aid.
The German chancellor had already described Mr. Trump’s demands as “very selfish” on Monday (February 3, 2025) after a European Union summit in Brussels.
He had said Ukraine’s resources should be used to finance everything needed after the war, such as reconstruction and maintaining a strong army.
“It would be very selfish, very self-serving” to demand something from Ukraine in exchange for aid, he said.
Mr. Trump had said he wanted “equalisation” from Ukraine for Washington financial support, adding, “We’re telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths. We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earths and other things”.
He added, “I want to have security of rare earth. 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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Herr Scholz wishes he had thought of it first.
The one group of people truly deserving to never be listened to are Germans. Is this a German thing to call people you disagree with selfish? Like calling someone racist in America. If Germany disappeared after world war once the world would have been a better place. That remains true to this day
We paid for it.
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Correction.
Trump will be dealing with Olafs replacement after the 23rd.
German Tour de France 🇫🇷 🐸
I think I saw your boyfriend crying in the background
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The firecrackers that Keith set off permanently damaged Pete’s hearing.
That is true. A real prankster than Moon.😉
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The US lost 20 million military citizens pulling the Europeon continent back from the brink in WWII. We’ve continued giving them aide and protection since 1945.
This Olaf needs to shut his damn trap and start paying the US back instead of bitching about the Ukraine. The amount of money and weapons given to Ukraine by the Eurpeons is a drop in the bucket compared to what the US taxpayers have given Ukraine so Olaf can STFU and start paying us back.
He sounds like a sour kraut.
Because the EU Globohomos are more than happy to buy from Putin’s bandit regime whatever they steal from Ukraine. President Trump is putting America First and those who day dream of Making Russia Great Again naturally are opposed.
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Who cares what he thinks? Zelenskyy is in favor of it.
As much money as we’ve wasted on that shithole country, we should claim it as a state now.
“Jealousy”
Yep. Some German guy once wrote that if Germany owned the Ukraine, they would be swimming in plenty. They’ve already tried twice, maybe third time’s the charm.
Yeah, the GloboHomoPedoNazi agreement among the EU Nations was all the Rare Earth Deposits were to go to Nazi Germany.
Too Bad, So Sad!!
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