Warum bestehen die USA auf der Unterzeichnung von Mineralien in der Ukraine? Wenn Trump über den Friedensabkommen festgelegt ist, für welche militärische Hilfe muss bezahlt werden. Und wenn es um Rekonstruktionshilfe handelt, kann die Ukraine sicherlich ihre eigenen Mineralien verkaufen, um dafür zu bezahlen. Es scheint ein Stück zu sein, Chinas Würgegriff auf REMS zu schwächen.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/20/stop-criticising-trump-and-sign-500bn-mineral-deal-us-official-advises-kyiv?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The new USA. Trump will follow Putin gangster model. He use US policy add importantly military to extract massive wealth, like Putin he’ll receive huge kick backs.
I think it is more a convenient way to create an out for Trump: Offering a deal Ukraine cannot possibly accept, blame them for not accepting the deal and then later when negotiations break down blame that on UKraine not accepting the deal.
Most of the ‚aid‘ from the EU is in the form of loans which must be repaid.
U.S. aid has, to date, had no repayment requirement. It’s perfectly reasonable to want something back – just like the EU gets.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/10/09/immobilised-assets-council-agrees-on-up-to-35-billion-in-macro-financial-assistance-to-ukraine-and-new-loan-mechanism-implementing-g7-commitment/
Shameless greed not enough of an explanation?
Its a security guarantee in a way. Never underestimate American greed. Russia attacking Ukraine again would mean messing with American money (ore deposits)
If NATO is off the table, this is probably one of the best security guarantees Ukraine can get.
There are rumoured communications that the Russians have basically told Trump that he will be able to access the minerals as these are in the parts that they control. Ukraine signing the agreement would still be necessary for legal cover to sell the materials and not look like a massive bribe by Putin to the US.
Additionally, I don’t discount that this is Trump just being a resentful old arsehole and feeling like he has a right to claim the minerals given the USA’s support which he seems to believe is worth more than it has been compared to other countries.
Another point is that the US doesn’t want these resources to extract them or to invest in Ukraine. They just want to control them and prevent others from extracting those, which could also benefit Ukraine.