Summary
Donald Trump stated that U.S. aid to Ukraine should be compensated with $500 billion worth of its mineral resources, including rare earth elements.
He claimed Ukraine had “essentially agreed” to this arrangement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hinted at allowing U.S. access to these resources to maintain support.
The idea aligns with Ukraine’s “victory plan” for post-war recovery.
Trump’s comments drew criticism, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemning his approach as “very egotistic, very self-centered.”
That’s the thing, those listed items arent rare earths, arent they?
As far as I know, Ukraine has some rare earth, but I don’t think it’s particularily much. So let him make a deal for rare earths that arent really there.
Well they do have rare earth minerals valued in Trillions of dollars and it’s mostly all in or bodering Russian controlled territory.