Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview on Friday that he was interested in President Trump’s proposal for a deal that would involve the US getting access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals in exchange for continued military aid.
“If we are talking about a deal, then let’s do a deal, we are only for it,” Zelensky told Reuters. The Ukrainian leader insisted the deal wouldn’t involve “giving away” Ukraine’s resources but framed it as a partnership.
“The Americans helped the most, and therefore, the Americans should earn the most. And they should have this priority, and they will. I would also like to talk about this with President Trump,” he said.
When Trump made the comments about a rare earth deal, he said he wanted a “guarantee” that the US would have access to the minerals because the US was giving Ukraine money “hand over fist.”
While Trump still says he wants to end the war in Ukraine, the idea of a deal for continued US military aid suggests he thinks the US will continue supplying weapons, something Russia would likely not accept as part of a potential future peace deal.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of the most fervent supporters of the proxy war in Ukraine, has frequently brought up Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as a reason to continue fueling the conflict.
“This war is about money. People don’t talk much about it. But you know, the richest country in all of Europe for rare earth minerals is Ukraine. Two to seven trillion dollars’ worth of minerals that are rare earth minerals, very relevant to the 21st century,” Graham said in November. “Ukraine’s ready to do a deal with us, not the Russians. So it’s in our interest to make sure that Russia doesn’t take over the place.”
The joke would be on Brainwashington, most of the rare earth deposits are in territories that Russia already occupies (along with the highest quality farmland that was sold to Black Rock).
Oh, and Ms. Lindsey is a lying sack of crap (in case you didn't already know). The country richest in rare earth deposits is Russia.
You are the joke since you believe Trump does not know the locations of the rare earth deposits.
If he knows they why does he think that Zelinskyy can give him access to them?
Rump is a know-nothing failed real estate speculator and money launderer, his knowledge of who is sleeping with who in the New York social scene has always been far more important to his success than actual knowledge of the world at large.
Not to mention that he is a convicted felon…! Prison time is awaiting him on January 2029 if he lives by then…!
He'll still be President well after this "term" is up. No reason to think he'd ever allow a free & fair election where he'd stand any chance of losing (to an opponent his handpicked DoJ and State Media would disqualify anyways).
There's a reason I call him Final President Trump. Tho it really should be 'First Emperor Trump'.
I doubt his masters will allow him to try and pull the third term trick. His mental decline is already as obvious as Biden’s, even if the symptoms are different and he still seems a little more energetic. By 2028 he probably won’t know an apple from an ant hill and his owners will retire him in favor of a new figurehead.
He’ll go to prison if he cannot get rid of Judge Juan…!
Oh, no “third term trick”. I mean he’ll Exec Order a change to the Constitution and his SCOTUS will agree and not only will HE remain President until he dies in office, his successor(s) will, too – as the array of State apparatae (FBI, DoJ et. al) will dis & dis (discredit & disqualify) any Democratic rival. If there are elections they’ll make Saddam Hussein’s Iraq seem like textbook democracy.
I’ve said since the beginning that Rump’s never going to see the inside of a jail cell, people of his social class pay minuscule fines (which almost never reach the value of whatever fraud they ran). Unless he rips off rich people nothing real will be done.
Well, duh, of course Zelensky would like to make a deal with Trump. He'd sell his mother's soul to the devil to keep the war and the gravy train going.
Many deals often look better than they actually are….
If Trumps wants the Ukraine rare earth elements he has to deal with Russia not Zelensky…!
There is no deal worth making with that little runt. Trump wants compensation.
So, Trump gets the minerals and Zelensky gets the weapons but that's not a deal, that's compensation. Geez, you're a special kind of cult member now, aren't you?