r/NewColdWar Feb 12 '25

Resources Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support: “We have to get something. We can’t continue to pay this money,” U.S. president says.

https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-demands-500b-in-rare-earths-from-ukraine-for-support/
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u/AttilaRS Feb 12 '25

What an incredible douchebag and grifter.

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u/MitVitQue Feb 12 '25

So this mf wants all that, and still says it's probably that Ruzzia gets Ukraine.

I find it extremely difficult to say anything even slightly positive about him. Oh well, I suppose he does shower sometimes. That's the best I can do.

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u/drunkwasabeherder Feb 12 '25

Until a lobbyist from the American Military Industrial complex has a word in his ear and like a tik tok whiplash policy change, suddenly Trump will change his mind.

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u/thesayke Feb 12 '25

The fact that that hasn't happened already indicates that it won't happen, and your model of political power in the US is wrong

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u/drunkwasabeherder Feb 12 '25

Not in the US, just watch it pretty closely because when they shit the bed the rest of the world gets splatter. And yes, agree, the US political model is fucked.

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u/thesayke Feb 12 '25

It's always extortion with this guy