Trump versucht, die Ukraine zu betrügen – Verbündete, hüte vor
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-zivo-trump-is-scamming-ukraine-allies-beware
Trump versucht, die Ukraine zu betrügen – Verbündete, hüte vor
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-zivo-trump-is-scamming-ukraine-allies-beware
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Submission statement: The Trump Administration’s proposed resource partnership with Ukraine is predatory, as it demands economic concessions that are wildly disproportionate to the amount of American aid provided to Kyiv. Although a new, fairer deal is currently being negotiated, the existence of this proposal should nonetheless worry western allies, as it suggests that receiving military from Washington may come at the cost of vassalization.
“Annexation of Ukraine’s natural resources…”
What natural resources? It’s not even confirmed if they have any, let alone if they have $500 billion worth. This is all a gamble. It might turn out that they have nothing. If they were so sure that they did, and had the investments ready to go ahead, we’d see a booming mining industry in the country and not rampant corruption. But a joint venture will be able to provide the capital necessary and the corporate governance needed to actually be able to extract these resources if there exist any to begin with.
So Ukraine has lost more than 20% of its territories and tens of thousands of its men. Millions of Ukrainians have fled the country. It can’t get the land back. It can’t become a member of Nato. It won’t even get credible security guarantees from the West. And now, it is being forced to hand half of the country’s mineral resources to the US in the return for the assistance America provided for the lost war! Imagine, loss of land, loss of people and loss of resources—all for nothing.
Ukraine is the greatest strategic catastrophe of the 21st century. It will go down in history as a lesson for smaller powers on how they should not behave while being caught in the proxy war between great powers.
Trump imposes protection tax on Ukraine.
Let this be a lesson to all of us, Europeans. We have relied far too long that the guys obsessed with guns and wars are the good guys and will come to our aid in our time of need.