Re: mafia shakedown

On Sun, 23 Feb 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

JAB wrote:
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'It's blackmail': Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn
share of minerals
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/its-blackmail-ukrainians-react-to-trump-demand-for-500bn-share-of-minerals

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Map of where the minerals are thought to be located.

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Some sort of trade deal seems logical as an eventuality. We help
you, you help us... That's pretty much how international trade
relations work.
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Now, the way Donald Trump is going about it is a bit heavy
handed... international diplomacy doesn't seems to be his forte.
He seems to like breaking eggs to make Omelettes... BUT, if the
Omelette results in a good deal for the USA then he'll be happy
with that as I think he sees running the USA the same as running
a business.

This also makes him easy to manipulate. Ukraine can say yes to what ever deal he wants, in return for troops on the ground. Once they had the chance to build up their own tropps, they send them home and cancel the deal.
I doubt that Trump would start a war against Ukraine. ;)