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Trump and the rest of the Putin-bootlickers can go fuck themselves.
May Europe do what the US is apparently no longer willing to, and provide Ukraine the necessary support to defend itself.
And the people complaining that people who want to support Ukraine against an outside invasion are warmongers can go fuck themselves with a cactus.
So, let me know if I understand what the US is proposing. In exchange for getting Russia to agree to only annex a large chunk of the country (for now), Ukraine must cede a huge percentage of its natural resources to the US as payment. Is that about it?
Yes. Once the ~~US~~ Trump has a signed agreement for the minerals he signs a treaty for Ukraine giving Russia whatever it wants but let's the ~~US~~ Trump keep the mineral rights.
Even if the USA promised total war against Russia until Ukraine is completely free plus 50 years of protection, who would believe a single letter in an agreement with Murica today??
If Trump and Musk had just waited until some of these deals were inked before trying to plunder the US Treasury, they'd be in a much better position. If they're willing to treat their own people like an ATM, how are any of our allies supposed to take them at their word, or trust that the US is negotiating in good faith? And the notion that foreign aid should be paid for like a utility bill is, I think, a pretty foreign notion to most.
It's wild to me that the super-wealthy are still so insatiably greedy that they're tripping over their own feet here.
That's because you're thinking of them as people like us instead of sociopaths.
Extreme wealth is a disease.
most of us if we had 10 million dollars would just stop working and go out adventuring across the world. billionaires, however, are set onto some sort of arcade game where the number next to their name when they die is the entire point. it's not fun for them. but they have to see the number go up because it's the only source of dopamine in their life
A recent study shows a link between workaholics and erosion of moral values.
Trump sounds so weak ngl.
Give Ukraine back some nukes under their own control.
Standard imperial contract.
Sounds like the "Fart of the Deal"
