Zelensky: Ukraine still 'ready' to sign minerals deal with Trump
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I have to say, I knew I wasn't quite old enough to make it to my grave without seeing the beginning of WW3, but the last thing I expected is that it would come from the US turning into a raging fascist dictatorship.
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He’s better off without a US deal. Trump won’t do shit to help him. That’s as good as signing a deal with Putin.
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Remember when the Arabs revolted against the ottomans for independence. PepperRidge farm remembers all western lies
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Yeah, Zelensky was never against a mineral deal. His whole reason of not signing was because the US doesn't want to give Ukraine assurances for where Russia breaks the peace treaty again.
Quite literally what Trump is trying to do is muscle the wealth of Ukraine away from them and leave them with nothing. If Zelensky agrees to that, thousands of Ukrainians will have died for nothing.
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We need to drop the f-35s, get something european
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Irregardless...
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True as Trump might outsource mining operations to Russian state owned companies...
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No, words mean something. Either use it correctly because you know what it means, or don’t use the saying at all. Use a different phrase.
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So, any thoughts on this Ukraine mineral deal situation? It's interesting that you chose to debate the difference between 'champing' and 'chomping' instead of engaging with the actual topic of the post and my comment.
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I wish he wouldn't. I know he doesn't feel like he has much choice but to try and deal with the US, but as a USIAN, I wish he wouldn't trust this administration. They're going to rugpull him and the entire country of Ukraine literally whenever they want, they're going to try and make Ukraine a neocolonial asset, and I just wish that he wouldn't grant this administration the legitimacy of trying to negotiate with them in good faith.
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I read his statements as attempts to make it clear he's not the unreasonable "everyone must give Ukraine all the aid we want with no compensation allowed" figure that conservatives in the US now want to paint him as. It makes it clear that Trump isn't upset that Zelenskyy isn't open to negotiating compensation for the US, he's just trying to find an excuse to pivot US foreign policy towards Russia's goals, and Zelenskyy meanwhile is even willing to discuss something as absurd as signing away Ukraine's rare earth minerals.
I think it's a good idea for him to call Trump's bluff. If he railed hard against the deal, it'd become another partisan issue, whether relations with Ukraine broke because of Trump or Zelenskyy being a hardliner. That's why they've been trying to find any excuse at all to say Zelenskyy was somehow rude to Trump while he was sitting there listening to Trump spit out Russian propaganda. Conservatives need some narrative that the US pivot to Russian foreign policy is Ukraine's fault, and Zelenskyy is denying them that.
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I wish i could upvote you more than once!
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I guess, man, but we're talking about people that seem to have an unlimited capacity to distort reality in order to make the narrative true. Never forget that on J6 the capitol was stormed by righteous patriots trying to save democracy and that they were just on a peaceful tour after being told to go in by capitol police and also that they were a violent antifa mob.
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He totally should agree to whatever, and just reneg on the deal once he gets what he wants. It's what Trump would do anyways, fuck any actual "deal" you have with dishonorable people.
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We don't make deals with fascist states, we will take advantage of them if the opportunity arises.
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I’m not choosing to debate anything. I’m just saying it’s champing, not chomping. No debate. I agree with you otherwise
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It it was a fair deal, investment from the US to build more infrastructures, doubling their investment capacity to mine stuff.
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I think what is happening is that Ukraine believes that signing the deal will result in a range of outcomes from neutral to positive, depending how and when the US renegs on their side of it. But without the deal the outcomes range from neutral to very negative, so making the deal is the clear right move even if you believe it won't do anything.
