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Trump and Ukraine's rare earth metals

5 February, 2025 Wednesday
16:29

Some people started jumping like Indians in front of the 'white master,' showing their inferiority complex

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On rare earth metals and proposals from the United States. Read Trump's books. It says it all: “Never accept the first offer”. Otherwise, some people have started jumping like Indians in front of the 'white master,' showing their inferiority complex. Some idiots offer to give away the subsoil for 99 years. Just like the British bent China over in the nineteenth century when they forced Hong Kong to give it away for 97 years.

“We can extract resources together with Putin on the territory not controlled by Ukraine, if he captures it and there is an American corporation there. They can reach an agreement without us.”

Our counterproposals should sound something like this:

  • The borders of 1991. Because there is a lot in Donbas and Crimea, too.
  • A 50-50 split of profits.
  • Obligations to build factories that produce final products, not just raw materials. Because the main money is earned by those who produce the final product. And where the raw materials are extracted, there is a pile of dug up soil and environmental problems.
  • At least 5,000 American soldiers as a permanent contingent on Ukrainian territory.

Then it will look more profitable. Because trading in mineral resources and raw materials is a crime against the economy and people of Ukraine.

But to make our proposals sound more realistic, we should make our own weapons and strike at Russia's territory. Perhaps this proposal of Trump's will not be relevant and he will have to compete with corporations from other countries - Korea, Japan, Germany, etc.

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About the author. Taras Zahorodniy, Managing Partner of the National Anti-Crisis Group.

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