In brief: US President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Real America’s Voice that the critical minerals deal signed with Kyiv allows the US to access Ukraine’s rare earth resources “at any time” and take “pretty much whatever we want,” valuing the agreement at over $300 billion. The bilateral deal, signed in April 2025, actually establishes a 50/50 revenue-sharing recovery fund managed by the US Development Finance Corporation and Ukraine’s PPP Agency.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    My bad, I made the appropriate correction. I meant that, even for those outside of .ml, that should be obvious enough (remember the “did you even say thanks” little act with Zelensky?). 👍

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      11 hours ago

      Oh yeah, that makes sense. And yeah that was…if the inevitable Ukranian 9/11 blowback involves flying a drone into JD Vance, i won’t even be a little surprised