Posted on 02/24/2025 4:22:14 PM PST by Kazan
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the U.S. the opportunity for joint exploration of the country's rare earth metals deposits, as well as the supply of aluminum to the U.S. domestic market, under a future economic deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump earlier said that "major economic development transactions with Russia" would take place. Within two hours of Trump's statement, Putin chaired a meeting with his ministers and economic advisers on rare earth metals.
"We, by the way, would be ready to offer (joint projects with) our American partners, and when I say 'partners,' I mean not only administrative and governmental structures but also companies, if they showed interest in joint work," Putin said on state TV after the meeting.
"We undoubtedly have, I want to emphasize, significantly more resources of this kind than Ukraine," Putin added. He mentioned that a potential U.S.-Ukraine deal involving rare earth metals was not a concern for Russia.
Russia has the world's fifth-largest reserves of rare earth metals, according to the U.S. Geological Survey data, after China, Brazil, India and Australia. Russia reserves are estimated at 3.8 million metric tons.
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But, this is an offer Trump should accept.
Russia can offer more than all of Europe combined in regard to potential trade.
Russia can’t be to reliant on China. They need to keep their far east from China grabbing it.
So this makes sense.
An overwhelmingly Christian nation, ancient, Biblical traditions found in the Eastern Orthodox Church, a pro-traditional marriage nation, pro-normalcy within schools, anti-woke, etc, etc.
Only Trump Could Go To Russia
The bloom is off that Chinese Siberian development rose.
Using Russia as a resource is okay, if we do it wisely.
We should use it among other nations to get what we need
and not expose ourselves to too much risk.
Hmmm. Has Zelensky heard about this Russian offer?
Little Z may want to reconsider Trump’s offer.
This is what happens when a person has the mistaken belief they hold all the cards.
Trump ALWAYS wants to round up. In Putin, he might have found a guy who’ll call and raise him. Theses days are as significant as when the Berlin Wall was being abandoned.
You are saying in general to be pragmatic with Russia.
It’s a smart thing.
Financially and in other ways it is a risk to work with Russia.
Putin was in power when a lot of money wwas funneled to kill our Men in Iraq.
I am a VOCAL supporter of not going to war with Russia over ukraine.
I know NATO, NEOCONs and dems set the situation up to explode into war.
zeepers get the idea that it means I love Putin.
I know he can be bad news...and kill his enemies within sometimes...and he has not been our friend in several instances of major importance in the world.
BUT....he thinks gay marriage and that trans garbage is INSANE...he doesn’t let gays push their material down kids’ throats.
You won’t see any drag queens doing shows in libraries...he supports the church there..do I think he believes?
No, but he’s smart enough to know it’s the only chance Russia has of upping its population and that faith in God and national pride go a great distance in making a country strong.
so I say we take the deal and use the words of The Great One....trust but verify.
Wouldn’t it be nice for just a few years at least to have almost NO concern of a monstrous war breaking out among the countries with the most nukes?!
Last point...W Europe has LOST ITS MIND...so we gotta find new friends to play with.
Now everyone knows the truth about USAID/CIA Ukraine. The truth revealed is what Putin has been saying for ten years.
If you’ll check Putin’s positions on everything else in addition to your list, you’ll find you agree with him about 98% of the time.
Bravo. Good post.
I took 20 trips to Siberia in the oil biz back in the day.
The men I worked with were more like us than the euroweenies.
And undo the damage Nixon did.
Russia would be a far more valuable ally than Europe. Europeans are the worst allies anyone could ever find. The best Europeans went to the New World and left the scum behind.
Oh yeah! Make ourselves dependent on a major enemy for critical war-fighting materials! I think I'll pass on tht one.
“..he supports the church there..” only of his flavor - Russian orthodox only.
What the Russian government objects to are Westernized denominations that promote the LGBT agenda.
No, the Kremlin needs to offer us a 50% interest in all of their mineral ownership. They can pay for their own exploration.
Russian Far East should become ours, like Greenland.
Compensation for Putin’s stupid war.
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