mafia shakedown

Zelensky's five moves that set off Trump

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky angered Donald Trump so much
during the peace talks with Russia that Trump was on the verge of
withdrawing American military support from Ukraine, three U.S.
officials familiar with the discussions tell Axios.
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The U.S. insistence on claiming a share of Ukraine's mineral rights
has been compared to a "mafia shakedown" by liberal critics, who point
out that the country would lose land and mineral rights and get little
in return.

"It's a sh*t sandwich," a Trump administration official acknowledged

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/21/zelensky-trump-five-moves-ukraine-russia

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