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"We’re investing hundreds of billions of dollars. They have great rare earths, and I want security of the rare earths," he said in Washington, adding that Ukraine is "willing to do it."

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[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Great insight, I said something similar about how Trump responds to Musk as to whether or not Musk is operating under Putin's orders or not - if Trump's ego doesn't get the best of him with everyone referring to "President Musk," then you know god damn well that's not right.

But there's also another dynamic: I think there is a not-insignificant chance that both of these guys will grow so powerful that Putin may start getting nervous about being the one thrown out a window, and rightly so if he's constantly threatening them.

I've been asking all along why the hell Putin is so confident all this shit isn't going to blow up in his fucking face and the only answer I got (and it was from Russians) was "it's a Russian thing" lol.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 1 points 6 months ago

Inb4 President Musk of Russia