Trump says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further support

[bosht@lemmy.world]

And there it is. This is why Nvidia head met with Trump. Fuck this shit my god someone please tell me what the fuck I can do to stop this shit.

[cornelius_wangenheim@lemmy.world]

I actually think this is Zelensky manipulating Trump. From Ukraine's point of view, this is win-win. They get continued military support on terms that Trump is likely to champion. The rate earth deposits are mostly in Donetsk and Luhansk, so Trump has an incentive to not just give all that territory to Russia. And finally, this will mean post-war investment into rebuilding the bombed out industries in the East.

[unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de]

The US military literally has non-repairability as a key point of current national security risk. They were actively involved in right to repair stuff because of it. I cant be fucked to find this rn but im sure its not too hard to find.

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

As long as they don't start demanding Ubisoft earths.

[gloomy@mander.xyz]

I believe that Putin has pushed and directly and indirectly supported Trump, to weaken the minority world (aka "the West"). This might actually backfire now. A autoritatian regime lead by Trump is much more a wild card than the USA was before, because he doesn't follow a predictable pattern. At least thats how the situation seems to be to me. Maybe I am not seeing the big picture here.

[lifeinmultiplechoice@lemmy.world]

Yeah, discussions were ongoing last August.

"US-Ukraine cooperation
Ukraine aims to leverage its rich mineral resources to accelerate the green transition and enhance regional security. In this regard, cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in the critical materials sector has been a focal point of recent discussions. During a meeting on August 12 between the two governments, they discussed joint investment projects and the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s economy and reconstruction efforts. In particular, the Ukrainian government is keen to encourage American businesses to invest in its mining and processing industries.

This collaboration aims to deepen ties and leverage Ukraine’s rich mineral resources to support the production of semiconductors and high-tech products."

Source: https://www.dentons.com/en/insights/articles/2024/august/20/ukraine-critical-minerals

[launcheskayaks@lemmy.world]

It's about time one of the good guys starts manipulating the orange bastard

[anunusualrelic@lemmy.world]

And finally, the US hasn't contributed more than Europe.

[maleficentfeature849@sh.itjust.works]

The legend of the squids who fly!

[uruanna@lemmy.world]

SR Venus, SSR Mars (or UR in some games)

[viking@infosec.pub]

Psssst before one of the repost bots snatches it up and posts it on xitter.

[sleepmode@lemmy.world]

“Favor for a favor — that’s how we do business. . .” Zelenskyy knows how to handle this.

[whatamlemmy@lemmy.world]

Well yeah, obviously not things like guns, light vehicles etc.

All the tanks, fighting aircraft and advanced weapons systems though? Yeah I wouldn't trust any of that against the US unless the entire software and hardware stack was source-available.Even then probably not worth it.

[laurelraven@lemmy.zip]

He should agree to it, then back out after the war is ended claiming he never agreed to it, or whatever excuses Trump uses to never pay contractors

[akasazh@feddit.nl]

Absolutely. Promise him golden mountains. Fuck him over when it comes to paying up. The Donnie special