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Russia to Trump: Back off Ukraine’s rare earths (www.politico.eu)

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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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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

President Trump said. “Never in a million years. But even now, if I were president, I’d be able to negotiate an end to this horrible and rapidly escalating war in 24 hours.” - February 01, 2023.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230930130716/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/the-russia-ukraine-war-would-have-never-happened-under-president-trump

He's always speaking about how great he is at deals. This rare earth gives him justification for supporting Ukraine, even though he said he'd end the war.

Whether this deal will be any good or will actually be fulfilled is a very different matter.