Zelenskyy and Trump have agreed on minerals for settling war debts. Now, the war is not over yet, with negotiations still ongoing and the final say by Putin not yet disclosed. Trump is looking at the rich mineral resources in Ukraine and has already succeeded in squeezing Zelenskyy like a rag, taking it by force, all done pending a settlement of the war. What is in it for Ukraine? Any benefit towards the country's reconstruction?
This move is great for gloating, but getting out the minerals under the ground, assembling the skilled workforce to do it, building the mining infrastructures all takes time and heavy investments. Then there is also the cost of setting up refining facilities to get the final product usable, which also needs time and funding. At the end of the day, how about being able to produce those essential minerals to compete with China?
Sure, however expensive those essential minerals sourced from Ukraine may eventually be solely for use by the USA. How does such more expensive cost eventually figure in those fighter jets, weapons, drones, semiconductors that the USA wants to sell to others. Would they be cheaper or more expensive? How competitive would they be against similar products from Russia and China?
The theory is easy to understand. Get it, refine it and use it. Very simple. One political analyst said that the USA is a country led by very simple-minded people with no deep-thinking leaders. Leaders that can think ahead, not just about creating more wars, subterfuge, assassinations and instigating regime changes.
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Putin has his conditions for Ukraine before any peace can be reached. And it will not be easy for Zelenskyy and the Europeans to agree. Trump knows that a truce cannot come about if Zelenskyy or the Europeans are involved in the negotiations. Trump's only resort is to force Zelenskyy's hand with threats. Zelenskyy was just like a schoolboy during his meeting with Trump in the White House, with Trump lecturing him together with Vance, threatening him and telling him he has no cards to play. Oh, Trump already stressed earlier that Zelenskyy is 'overplaying his hands', a stance that only Trump himself can do at will. Only he can outplay anyone, including grabbing pussies.
Russia will not surrender any territory it now holds in Ukraine. No NATO troops will be allowed to be in Ukraine, which includes NATO peacekeepers. And of course, Ukraine cannot join NATO, which is the reason for starting the war.
NATO is already thinking of having peacekeepers in Ukraine, knowing that it is definitely not agreeable by Putin. Now, having NATO peacekeepers in Ukraine is undoubtedly a backdoor to station troops on the ground in Ukraine, which is possibly a trap for Putin to fall into.
Mexico is still paying for the wall, right? And China is going to pay for the tariffs, right? Looks like Ukraine is going to pay for the war. Does that tell us anything about why the USA loves war? It is a lucrative business. They call it heads I win, tails you lose.
I honestly love the fairy tales spun by Trump.
But Trump is no fairy. He is a conman.
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