Summary
Donald Trump seeks near-total control over Ukraine’s critical minerals, energy assets, and infrastructure in a new draft deal, significantly expanding his previous demands.
The proposal, sent to Kyiv, includes no security guarantees for Ukraine, sparking concerns about sovereignty and dependence on the US.
Energy law experts called the terms unprecedented, noting the US could withdraw without obligation. Trump also suggested US control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants.
Critics warn Russia may exploit Trump’s urgency for a quick deal, complicating peace efforts and post-war stability.
It’s kinda sad to see the direction the USA it’s going these days. The goodwill towards the States degraded so much in the last few months in my community.
I think the world was ready to forgive the first transgression back in 2016. But he’s only been in power for 2 fucking month. He’s nose diving the country, and no one trusts the us anymore.
I wish these guys would realize that while powerful, the US cannot just exist in a vacuum. We all share this planet and limitless greed is not gonna get you anywhere. I really hope the US product / services boycotts are gonna have an impact.
I considered Bush II to be the “first transgression” already. There are some further back too, of course, you can go back to the Gulf of Tonkin or even the USS Maine, but the Iraq invasion was the first where all the contradicting evidence was already fully available to the public if they cared to go look at it. Those “misadventures” in the Middle East and Afghanistan were where the first pebbles of this current avalanche of American collapse really started to move, IMO.
What we’re seeing now is just the point of no return, where nobody’s trying to stop the slide any more.
A century of diplomatic strategy is being unravelled in a matter of months.
A century of diplomatic
strategybullying is being unravelled in a matter of months.
We’re at 2 months 1 week.
I feel like it’s quite obvious to everyone that the us is just going to demand more and more until Ukraine says no. Then the US will claim Ukraine doesn’t want peace
I hope at this point Zelenskyy realizes that any deal with the US will be bad and is just stringing Trump along to buy time.
a deal with trump has just as many guarantees as a deal with putin: none
I’m alternating the deal. Pray I don’t alternate it any further.
— Darth Plagueonus The Stable Genius
Fuckin’ toddler.
Well this is certainly applying the M&A playbook to geopolitics. Eat the meek when they’re down. It’s just good business.
Reminds me of his “we must take the oil” strategy to Iraq a few years back.
Problem is that countries aren’t businesses, they’re people, and alliances aren’t just built on finance - they’re built on trust, stability and shared cultural values.
And optics matter, even in business, you can get a reputation as a cannibal and people will no longer work for or with you. Relationships are like oxygen for business. If you don’t have them, it’s you next on the chopping block.
Yeah, I think that’s a lesson a certain orange parasite never learned.
Maybe that’s part of the reason why his businesses failed?
Trump: I’m negotiating a ceasefire in the Black Sea.
Putin: I’m going to continue bombing Ukraine.
Trump: I want infinity resources or the bombing continues.
Just two Russians trying to get on the same page.
It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.
He never had any intent to actually help Ukraine, he’s way too fond of Putin to do that.
Only one problem: those aren’t his to take. They belong rightfully to the Ukrainians.
This won’t stop him from the bluster he spurts on a daily basis.
So that means cheaper batteries and no tariffs right? ……right?
Not sure who is worse, Russia or the U.S.
Depends where you live, who you are
I don’t understand this. It’s really unlikely Ukraine has so many mineral resources and even if they do, the investments needed to extract them would be huge. Wouldn’t the investments alone and manpower needed be worth it for Ukraine. It’s not really likely that Ukraine will be able to finance this extraction themselves?
All this assumptions rely on how I understand this deal to be structured, but I really don’t know how this works.
The resources were never the point. The point is to make Ukraine refuse a “ceasefire deal” and then point at them and tell everyone they “don’t want peace”. It’s blatantly obvious.
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Counter-offer a small plot of land, in a minefield, on the ukrainian-russian border, currently under russian occupation. Trump can grow carrots there. But only of he can clear out the occupiers first.
