Posted on 05/01/2025 1:09:30 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the much-anticipated deal with the United States involving rare-earth minerals on Thursday, saying the agreement is "now truly an equal partnership."
"All our representatives did a good job. The agreement has changed significantly during the preparation process. It is now truly an equal partnership - one that creates opportunities for substantial investment in Ukraine, as well as significant modernisation of Ukraine's industries and, equally importantly, its legal practices," Zelenskyy posted on X.
The fundamentals of the agreement are said to give the U.S. preferential access to new minerals deals in Ukraine, which will also be used to aid the war-torn country's reconstruction. President Donald Trump had long pushed for the minerals deal as a way to recoup the more than $100 billion worth of aid given to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.
"The agreement foresees no debt. It stipulates the establishment of a Reconstruction Fund that will invest in Ukraine and generate returns in Ukraine. This means joint work with America, based on fair terms, allowing both Ukraine and the United States, which supports us in our defence, to make money in partnership," Zelenskyy wrote.
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lamestream media not covering
So will Trump invite him back to the White House again? Just to make up for kicking out the last time.
Zelensky got what he wanted. It’s that simple.
What about Britain’s deal?
“which supports us in our defence”: There is no reference to this at all in the agreement.
We’re trying to route out corruption from DC. Now we’re entering a permanent business relationship with my most corrupt place on earth this is like taking your recovering alcoholic relative and having him be housemates with the biggest drunk in town.
In America will be stuck with Ukrainian tar baby they cannot drop now.
oh god. Do we still have to deal with this little weasel. Just grab the minerals and get the hell away from those people.
Even if the rumors are true re Starmer’s deal, it really doesn’t matter. There are no commercially viable trillions of dollars worth of rare earth mineral deposits in Ukraine anyway. Pig in a poke. Red herring. Stupid distraction. Shiny distractions work, though — especially on goldfish.
lamestream media not covering“
Well maybe that is a good sign. I have come to really dislike that little $hit so if he’s this happy l am wondering if we got hosed.
Since when did such a thing stop Zelensky from crowing?
Facts don’t matter. Only “the narrative”.
Blackrock...Vanguard.
Trump is humiliated says the green goblin.
Not quite-he he did get some needed jobs and a way to pay for repairing his damaged cities with the income from it. He does not get any more plane loads of cash, or those Patriot missiles he was asking for last week-his Biden/neocon connection has been severed...
Ukraine’s government is not the greatest. But even if so…
Trump understands the gravity and extent of Putin’s reckless evil.
But the deal is more about making up for our deficit with China.
“...allowing both Ukraine and the United States, which supports us in our defence, to make money in partnership,” Zelenskyy wrote.
I’ve read no reports that American citizens will be getting most of the jobs in extracting the minerals and rare earth’s and making money.
It will be a few Americans in top positions, Ukrainians will get most of the jobs, it will be nation building in Ukraine, and private companies making money, no money going back into the pockets of American citizens whose taxes gave Ukraine 100 billion and will pay for the nation building also.
‘...allowing both Ukraine and the United States, which supports us in our defence, to make money in partnership,” Zelenskyy wrote.
I’ve read no reports that American citizens will be getting most of the jobs in extracting the minerals and rare earth’s and making money.
It will be a few Americans in top positions, Ukrainians will get most of the jobs, it will be nation building in Ukraine, and private companies making money, no money going back into the pockets of American citizens whose taxes gave Ukraine 100 billion and will pay for the nation building also.
Not sure how great a deal it is, but it’s something. We get some return on investment, and we get control over important minerals, and in the process stall Putin/Russia for the foreseeable future. This is prelude to a peace deal. This is why Trump is President - the Democrats don’t have vision for these kinds of things.
We will eventually cut deals to buy minerals from Russia
And then a deal with Greenland.
We have rare earths in the desert in south eastern California. Under the Salton Sea (which is a man made lake with brine water eg useless).
Ominous, but probably an inevitable alliance for now, just to move from being frozen in place.
This is very good news.
America and Ukraine are set to become two very close allies.
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