Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support
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Well they do have rare earth minerals valued in Trillions of dollars and it's mostly all in or bodering Russian controlled territory.
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It probably will be $500 billion, but over 20 years and not factoring in investment costs.
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Yeah I get that but it just sounds absurd and douchey when you think about it. The equivalent would sorta be if someone agreed to help us if we gave them $67 Trillion worth of oil gas and wood in return.
And just from a morality/ethical standpoint it's goofy. Only help someone if they let you bend them over and rob them blind (I get it's a more nuanced than that but still, it just feels slimy)
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Military operations against Isis isn't imperialism, and it is a long shot away from other presodents' foreign policies.
The US's foreign policy under Obama and Clinton was anti-imperalist.
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Yes but it could be argued that that militarism is a form of imperialism.
Not sure if a puppet is meaningfully less imperialist than a protectorate.
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Your right.
The open ended deal is better.
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The last time he wanted dirt on his political rival. Atleast this time he is working within the boundaries of the law, even if it is skeevy AF.
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FTFY
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Historically, forcing a country into unreasonably high debt immediately following a war... is a pretty bad idea for literally all parties involved.
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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" and all that, and we didn't exactly have many friends to choose from.
