Posted on 02/11/2025 3:04:13 AM PST by McGruff
Trump discussed his administration’s effort to end the war in an interview with Fox News that aired Monday, ahead of a meeting tabled for this week between his vice president, JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“They (Ukraine) may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday,” Trump said. He stressed that he also wanted to see a return on investment with US aid for Ukraine, again floating the idea of a trade for Kyiv’s rare earth minerals.
The US president’s comments will likely delight the Kremlin, which has illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions since launching its full-scale invasion and seeks Ukraine’s total submission.
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The FULL quote -
““They may make a deal. They may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday. But we’re going to have all this money in [Ukraine] and I say, I want it back,” the president said.
“I told them that I want the equivalent of like $500 billion worth of rare earth [minerals], and they’ve essentially agreed to do that,” Trump revealed.”
IOW, the US is about to become Ukraine’s business partner! Guaranteeing a safe and secure future ...
Little Putin gets shut out again, lol
The FULL quote -
““They may make a deal. They may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday. But we’re going to have all this money in [Ukraine] and I say, I want it back,” the president said.
“I told them that I want the equivalent of like $500 billion worth of rare earth [minerals], and they’ve essentially agreed to do that,” Trump revealed.”
IOW, the US is about to become Ukraine’s business partner! Guaranteeing a safe and secure future ...
Little Putin gets shut out again, lol
The ironic fact of the matter is that fully half of the Ukraine was indeed Russia for centuries. That’s why the much of the eastern half of the Ukraine is still Russian speaking. The western half was even part of the Soviet Union. Also: all Russians are originally from the area of the Ukraine. A lot of people do not know this history. It’s astounding that such closely related peoples have such animosity towards one another. But that’s what happens when history intervenes as it did with the Serbians and Croatians / Hutus and Tutsis / Zulus and Xhosas / Boers and Cape Dutch / not to mention the many Amerindian nations etc.
You missed this in your “full quote”.
“Trump, 78, insisted that the US should have access to Ukraine’s natural resources regardless of whether a peace deal between Russia and the former Soviet state can be successfully negotiated, arguing that the “more than $300 billion” the US has provided Ukraine dwarfs what other nations have contributed to the war effort.”
Putin will probably agree to that as long as he gets what he wants.
I’ve seen the full quote. But he’s still not wrong.
BREAKING:
⚡ 🇷🇺 Medvdev just unveiled a new map of Ukraine split between Poland, Russia and Romania declaring:
"Ukraine is undoubtedly part of Russia!"
On the map you can see that Russia's plan is to take under its control the largest part of Ukraine, while leaving the rest… pic.twitter.com/rQUV4ARd6h— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 4, 2024
CNN doing what it does best, editing comments to make Trump look bad.
What is safe or secure about it?
Posting nonsense like that is why nobody takes you seriously.
“Little Putin gets shut out again, lol
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I think Trump was saying the exact opposite. Z-Man is not for peace, in fact, he is an obstacle to peace. He won’t negotiate peace except for a price to continue a war he can’t win and he knows it; that’s why he’s crying for nukes and another army to come in and fight a battle Z-Man picked for himself.
You're an embarrassment to the Human Race. Only by the grace of God, Canada got stuck with you.
And when "Z" was elected, these areas were not allowed to vote.
It’s the closely related people who really hate each other. Jews and Arabs. Koreans and Japanese. It’s sibling rivalry.
Their rare earths are not the same as the usual China rare earths.
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