Showing posts with label rare earth minerals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rare earth minerals. Show all posts
Friday, February 28, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Trump’s ‘Short-sighted’ Ukraine Plan Thrusts US Leadership into Chaos | Former US Army Secretary
Feb 26, 2025 | “This is a complete reversal of what US leadership in the world has meant since World War II.”
Trump’s 'America first' rhetoric is “very short-sighted” as it forces China and Russia to question US commitments to its allies, says former US secretary of the Army Louis Caldera.
This rare earth minerals deal is as shabby as deals get. Trump should be thoroughly ashamed of himself. Though I realise that such a brazen man knows no shame. As for Ukraine, it is disappointing indeed to learn that Volodymyr Zelenskyy has buckled under to Trump's shabby, unprincipled, strong-arm tactics. Zelenskyy is signing away the riches which would rightfully belong to future generations of Ukraine. Sad! Very sad! – © Mark Alexander
Trump’s 'America first' rhetoric is “very short-sighted” as it forces China and Russia to question US commitments to its allies, says former US secretary of the Army Louis Caldera.
This rare earth minerals deal is as shabby as deals get. Trump should be thoroughly ashamed of himself. Though I realise that such a brazen man knows no shame. As for Ukraine, it is disappointing indeed to learn that Volodymyr Zelenskyy has buckled under to Trump's shabby, unprincipled, strong-arm tactics. Zelenskyy is signing away the riches which would rightfully belong to future generations of Ukraine. Sad! Very sad! – © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Trump and Zelenskyy to Sign “What Could Be Trillion Dollar” Minerals Deal at White House | BBC News
Feb 25, 2025 | BREAKING: President Trump has confirmed that Ukraine and the United States have agreed the terms of “a major minerals deal”. Trump said that Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy will sign the agreement with him at the White House on Friday. Mr Trump said: “It’s a very big deal, it could be a trillion dollar deal”. He said the American people would be very happy with the agreement.
So far there are few details of the deal. It’s not yet clear whether the US will offer Ukraine any security guarantees in return, something that has been a key Ukrainian demand.
Ukraine is rich in oil and gas along with many rare minerals. President Trump had initially demanded a right to $500 billion in revenue from Ukraine’s minerals, in return for what he claimed were the costs to the US of supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia.
That demand was rejected by President Zelenskyy, contributing to a war of words with Mr Trump in recent days, with the US president describing the Ukrainian leader as a “dictator”. Zelensky said nowhere near that much American aid had been provided, and said: "I can't sell our state."
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Gary O’Donoghue in Washington and James Waterhouse in Kyiv.
So far there are few details of the deal. It’s not yet clear whether the US will offer Ukraine any security guarantees in return, something that has been a key Ukrainian demand.
Ukraine is rich in oil and gas along with many rare minerals. President Trump had initially demanded a right to $500 billion in revenue from Ukraine’s minerals, in return for what he claimed were the costs to the US of supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia.
That demand was rejected by President Zelenskyy, contributing to a war of words with Mr Trump in recent days, with the US president describing the Ukrainian leader as a “dictator”. Zelensky said nowhere near that much American aid had been provided, and said: "I can't sell our state."
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Gary O’Donoghue in Washington and James Waterhouse in Kyiv.
U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump had insisted he wanted “payback” for past aid, shifting America’s three-year alliance with Ukraine to a mercantile footing.
Ukraine has agreed to turn over the revenue from some of its mineral resources to the United States, an American and a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday, in a deal that follows an intense pressure campaign from President Trump that included insults and threats.
The final terms of the deal were unknown, and it was not immediately clear what, if anything, Ukraine would receive in the end after days of difficult, sometimes tense negotiations. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had repeatedly pressed for security guarantees for his country in exchange for mineral rights, as Russia’s war has entered its fourth year.
Previous draft agreements reviewed by The New York Times included no such commitment. Mr. Trump had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, shifting America’s alliance with Ukraine to a nakedly mercantile footing. » | Constant Méheut, Andrew E. Kramer and Alan Rappeport | Constant Méheut and Andrew E. Kramer reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Alan Rappeport from Washington. | Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Ukraine has agreed to turn over the revenue from some of its mineral resources to the United States, an American and a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday, in a deal that follows an intense pressure campaign from President Trump that included insults and threats.
The final terms of the deal were unknown, and it was not immediately clear what, if anything, Ukraine would receive in the end after days of difficult, sometimes tense negotiations. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had repeatedly pressed for security guarantees for his country in exchange for mineral rights, as Russia’s war has entered its fourth year.
Previous draft agreements reviewed by The New York Times included no such commitment. Mr. Trump had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, shifting America’s alliance with Ukraine to a nakedly mercantile footing. » | Constant Méheut, Andrew E. Kramer and Alan Rappeport | Constant Méheut and Andrew E. Kramer reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Alan Rappeport from Washington. | Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Stop Criticising Trump and Sign $500bn Mineral Deal, US Official Advises Kyiv
THE GUARDIAN: National security adviser says Ukraine is wrong to push back against Trump’s approach to peace talks with Russia
White House officials have told Ukraine to stop badmouthing Donald Trump and to sign a deal handing over half of the country’s mineral wealth to the US, saying a failure to do so would be unacceptable.
The US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, told Fox News that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, should “tone down” his criticism of the US and take a “hard look” at the deal. It proposes giving Washington $500bn worth of natural resources, including oil and gas.
Waltz said Kyiv was wrong to push back against the US president’s approach to peace talks with Moscow, given everything the US had done for Ukraine. He denied accusations the US had snubbed Ukraine and America’s European allies by excluding them from talks earlier this week with Russia. This was routine “shuttle diplomacy”, he said. » | Luke Harding in Kyiv | Thursday, February 20, 2025
This dude is talking through his pine end! Look what Ukraine has done for America and the West! They have done all the fighting on the West’s behalf to stop the war spreading. America should be grateful to Ukraine, not the other way around. Those rare earth minerals belong to Ukraine and to future generations of Ukrainians, not to Trump and his billionaire cronies. – © Mark Alexander
White House officials have told Ukraine to stop badmouthing Donald Trump and to sign a deal handing over half of the country’s mineral wealth to the US, saying a failure to do so would be unacceptable.
The US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, told Fox News that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, should “tone down” his criticism of the US and take a “hard look” at the deal. It proposes giving Washington $500bn worth of natural resources, including oil and gas.
Waltz said Kyiv was wrong to push back against the US president’s approach to peace talks with Moscow, given everything the US had done for Ukraine. He denied accusations the US had snubbed Ukraine and America’s European allies by excluding them from talks earlier this week with Russia. This was routine “shuttle diplomacy”, he said. » | Luke Harding in Kyiv | Thursday, February 20, 2025
This dude is talking through his pine end! Look what Ukraine has done for America and the West! They have done all the fighting on the West’s behalf to stop the war spreading. America should be grateful to Ukraine, not the other way around. Those rare earth minerals belong to Ukraine and to future generations of Ukrainians, not to Trump and his billionaire cronies. – © Mark Alexander
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