“We have to get something. We can’t continue to pay this money,” U.S. president said as quoted by Politico in Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support feature article.
Below are some of the most popular quotes from Social Media reactions.
Reminds me of Dr. Evil in Austin Powers.
He throws numbers around, like millions and millions..
oh no, billions and billions…. (Reddit)
In the comments under the article Ukraine ‘may be Russian some day’, Trump says ahead of Zelenskyy meeting with Vance, one of the most popular comments became:
“Your country might be Russia some day, but also please give us $500 billion in rare earth minerals, otherwise your aid might dry up. Ukraine had to expect this going in, but even so – the naked protection & extortion racket mentality is incredible to witness.”
30 years ago, a somewhat prophetic cartoon [see at the very bottom of the article] was published in Ukraine depicting the situation with Ukraine giving its weapons under the pressure from Russia and the USA. The sentence below says “Give us your rifle and we will guarantee you your security.” The current situation shows what it all has come to. It is quite symbolic that apart from the Bear which is usually perceived as a symbol of Russia, another animal is the Fox. Would the USA want to be remembered as the Fox after treating Ukraine in such a way as it is doing now?
Paraphrasing Antione de Saint Exupery, ‘You are Responsible for Whoever You Disarmed‘.
“Honestly, Ukraine should give “assurances” that Trump will get his rare earth, written on the back of the 1994 Security Assurances that the territorial integrity of Ukraine would be honored.”
” I didn’t realise what all of Trump’s pissing for Canada and Ukraine were until this post.
It’s because Musk wants cheap minerals for Tesla batteries…
Makes so much f… sense now. When before has Trump given a shit about this stuff?
Same goes with giving white South Africans refugee status.
Does Greenland also have a load of rare earth minerals?
Holy f…, Greenland also has some of the largest rare mineral deposits on Earth!”
Other kinds of reactions suggest a sensible solution:
“I’m Ukrainian and I’m willing to provide access to 500B of rare earths to US.
- Those minerals are now in territory that’s controlled by Russia. Getting this deal means that Ukrainian territory gets back to Ukraine without thousands of our defenders dying.
- US infrastructure in Ukraine is the only measure I can think of that will make sure that the war will not restart after 4 or 5 years again.
- Digging 500B worth of material will require to build infrastructure in cities that are destroyed by war and need it.
- If there is something left after getting 500B of minerals to US we’ll be a rich nation.”
Ukraine’s disarmament has saved the US hundreds of USD billions already >
The US has already covered the costs of Ukraine’s aid >
