Zelenskyy knows he is a Biden Obama Puppet until they have no use for him then he is a liability.
A mineral deal with us is probably better security than Ukraine would get from NATO members.
This has to be one of the greatest diplomatic mishaps of all time by President Zelensky.
And his last one he has made himself useless to anyone.
Never reward bad behavior.
Get away from that hole. All of Europe.
“”Bessent explained that Zelensky told him during a meeting in Kyiv that he would not sign a mineral deal, which would exchange billions of dollars in US aid funding for rare earths and other resources from Ukraine. Zelensky also refused to close the deal with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Bessent stated.””
And the meeting with the president in the Oval Office still took place. Three cabinet members apparently knew a deal wasn’t going to be signed and the meeting wasn’t cancelled?
WHY NOT???
Here’s my take: the Ukrainian people would be better off under Putin than at war. So a loss is not a total disaster. Worse is decades of an unwinnable war.
Zelensky’s not a democrat leader - he’s an elite thug. He’s cancelled all elections, doesn’t allow free speech, closed the churches - how is he better than Putin?
And how would Ukrainian elites do if Ukraine lost to Russia? They would be much worse off.
European elites would be worse off...
And the United States? We could concentrate on our hemisphere - where China is moving into South American to take rare earth elements. Plus we would save a bundle NOT protecting the Ukrainian thug - and Europe appears well prepared to give their money to Zelensky for years. So let them. Not our circus - not our monkeys.
I just read that the US demonicrats told Z to stonewall Trump before the meetings yesterday. Probably didn’t take much coaching.