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Youre correct and he has flippedMost likely Trump wants Ukraine's mineral rights. They have the largest reserves of titanium, lithium and rare Earth minerals in Europe.
These fuckers are trying to heavily pressure Zelensky to sign away their mineral rights without even a security guarantee.
U.S. Doubles Down on Demand That Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal
The U.S. demands were first presented by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Kyiv last week.
A U.S. Republican lawmaker who met with Zelensky on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference last week described the Ukrainian leader’s account of the interaction with Bessent.
Bessent pushed the paper across the table, demanding that Zelensky sign it, the Ukrainian president told the lawmaker. Zelensky took a quick look and said he would discuss it with his team. Bessent then pushed the paper closer to Zelensky.
“You really need to sign this,” the Treasury secretary said. Zelensky said he was told “people back in Washington” would be very upset if he didn’t. The Ukrainian leader said he took the document but didn’t commit to signing.
In reversal, Trump says Russia attacked Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump reversed course on Friday and said Russia did in fact invade Ukraine, and that Kyiv would soon sign a minerals agreement with the United States as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump had said on Tuesday that Ukraine "should have never...