That's cute, coming from the country currently invading and attempting to annex huge swaths of Ukraine.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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Huge swaths? I thought they wanted the whole thing?
Did you hear Trump talking about rare earth, "We need that rare earth" WTF? He has NO idea what rare earth minerals are. He really is a kid with a word of the day calendar but refuses to read the definition of the word he is using.
Rep from heritage foundation: "alright you've got a press conference in 20 minutes. Just keep saying rare earth, say we want it, and we'll give them weapons for it. You're a champ, here's a gold star"
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov condemned the idea as a commercial transaction rather than genuine support
Breaking News: “Russian diplomat caught telling the truth!”
Russia: they don't love you like i love you baby!
I honestly don't hate this idea entirely. Especially if it means actually raising our support for Ukraine. Putin will be furious and release everything he has on trump.
Ukraine was the the #1 reason I voted for Kamala. And Trumps demand for "rare earth" is the best news I've heard in 2 months.
Ukraine's resources were always going to be part of the calculation. I read this as Trump gross way of acknowledging that abandoning them is against our interests and signaling to his supporters a justification for the 180.
It also shows that there may be a way to work with the shitgibbon from Europes perspective, even if it is problematic. They can still get him to a beneficial position.
Sheinbaum was right in that you need to figure out what HIS facts are, and then lie to him from there.
Trump became a monster that got away from the Republican Party, now watch as he turns on his handlers too. His ego will just continue to grow and he’ll think he’s unstoppable.
"got away from"? what universe are you living in right now, all of trumps nominees, no matter how utterly incapable of performing in the position to which they will be assigned are being rubber stamped by senate republicans as we speak. got away from? republicans have been promising to burn the whole thing down since the civil rights act of 1964. got away from? this is who republican are, and have been since appomatox.
Thinking of Trump as "controlled" by Russia has always been an obviously bad idea. It's not how things work.
More like nudged towards
Hmm, so now I understand one of the many reasons Russia has been going so hard in Ukraine. Not only do they want access to their ports. But they want access to their rare earth minerals. It's all making sense now. Fucking clowns.
Rare earths have approximately the same concentration everywhere. Both the US and Russia have way more of them than Ukraine.
It's hard to understand what crazy idea Trump has about them. Maybe it's just an excuse for the 180º turn.
That's fine, I'd rather have Russia's anyway
this is all theater you know. every bit of it.
Well, it does tell us Puti's motivation, if that wasn't already obvious.
I expect Trump et al to retcon the initial demand/“negotiation”, tbh
Russia suddenly realizing the guy they been funding all these years is no longer playing for their team. 😆
don't believe that for one single second
I'm on the fence. What does Trump need from Putin now? He won a second term. Putin has shown himself to be fundamentally weak with Ukraine. Trump has no need to repay any Russian debts. And any compromat at this point would be easily hand waved away.
you think trump thinks his second term is the end of his time as "most powerful person in the world", after all the indictments and prosecutions still pending? i'd love to have your sort of confidence in what's going to be left of the tatters of our democratic institutions and military readiness in 2029. i truly think it has something to do with breaking the world, allowing it to suffer, and then remaking it how he (and vlad) want to, celebrating it's rebirth. they've got an open field now, with no one capable of stopping them. what does trump need from putin, nothing, what does he want, everything.
Ummm...I made no statements about him trying to stay around in 2029....of course he will try
HA! Russia see's trumpo trying to eat their lunch too... Unless; this is their buddy buddy way of starting ww3. Stay tuned to find out what the Republicans will do with the level of power the Democrats allowed to exist because they wanted it for themselves...