Karina Bovsunovskaya08:39, 11.02.25
According to Trump, the United States cannot continue to provide military aid to Ukraine just like that.
President Donald Trump said Ukraine “essentially agreed” to hand over $500 billion in mineral resources to the United States as payment for military aid Washington gave to Kyiv, The New York Post reports .
“They have extremely valuable land in terms of minerals, in terms of oil and gas, in terms of other things. I want our money to be protected because we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars (in Ukraine – UNIAN),” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
The publication recalled that Trump insisted that the United States should have access to Ukraine’s natural resources regardless of whether a peace agreement is reached between Russia and the United States. According to him, the “more than $300 billion” that the United States has provided to Ukraine significantly exceeds the contributions of other countries to the war effort.
“They may make a deal. They may not make a deal. They may be Russian at some point, they may not be Russian at some point. But we will have all this money in (Ukraine – UNIAN), and I say, I want it back. I told them I want the equivalent of about $500 billion in minerals, and they basically agreed to that,” the US president explained.
Trump also stressed:
“I told them, ‘We have to – we have to get something. We can’t keep paying this money.'”
According to the politician, continuing to provide assistance to Ukraine simply would be “stupid.”
At the same time, The New York Post emphasized that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday supported a mutual agreement with the United States on the supply of resources in exchange for security guarantees as part of a potential peace settlement.
“If we are talking about an agreement, then let’s make an agreement, we are all for it. We need to stop Putin and protect what we have – the very rich Dnieper region in central Ukraine,” he said in an interview with Reuters.
The publication concluded that the US delegation, led by Vice President J.D. Vance and Trump’s special representative to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, will meet with the Ukrainian president at the Munich Security Conference in Germany to discuss how to end the war, which has been going on for almost three years.
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In WW2, the UK received $200 billion at today’s value. Every penny was paid back. Stalin received the same. Nothing was asked for and nothing paid back.
I don’t mind Ukraine paying for help out of its mineral resources and neither do most Ukrainians I’m sure. But to demand them as Trump has without a commitment to defeat the vermin is unacceptable.
Trumpkov keeps repeating the lie about “more than $300 billion given to Ukraine.” It’s actually a lot less.
“It’s important to note that of the $175 billion total, only $106 billion directly aids the government of Ukraine. Most of the remainder is funding various U.S. activities associated with the war in Ukraine, and a small portion supports other affected countries in the region.”
https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-us-aid-going-ukraine
As usual Trumpkov can barely conceal his contempt for Ukraine in general and Zel in particular:
“They may make a deal. They may not make a deal. They may be Russian at some point, they may not be Russian at some point. But we will have all this money in (Ukraine – UNIAN), and I say, I want it back. I told them I want the equivalent of about $500 billion in minerals, and they basically agreed to that,” the US president explained.
He’s now in full reverse gear. From “I will end it in 24 hours” to 100 days, to 6 months to “they may or may not.” Note it’s now “they” not “I.”
Despicable.
Does Trump Want Putin to Get Ukraine’s $26 trillion in gas and minerals?
Sounds like a big bribe with no guarantees Russia will be defeated or leave Ukraine.
‘Essentially agreed’ – Trump says.