Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support
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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.
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I titally meant 250 billion. No clue why I wrote it like that. My bad.
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Meh, the talks started with Z before elections took place and there were negotiations started August 12th-ish. I think this was Trump just trying to say some absurd number thinking that it would get Ukraine to say that's more than they wanted to give so he could act like he offered to help before giving Russia everything they ask for anytime they ask for anything.
