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I call that a good start. Export that to the United States, tariff free. Start in with CNN, then MSNBC, on & on. No stone unturned as they're all under rocks.
It ain't easy standing up to 50+ countries and still gaining back 25% of what was stolen from ya's/Russia.
Keep the nose to the grindstone, Putin. Keep moving forward!
I call that a good start. Export that to the United States, tariff free. Start in with CNN, then MSNBC, on & on. No stone unturned as they're all under rocks.
Ukraine!
& 'em hard.
I love the old man with all me heart, but, he's chock full a here. And he can't BS Putin. Putin knows everything. But he doesn't call out the old man with this knowledge. Because there is no upside to such a stunt. So, he lets the old man have the con and in the meantime he does precisely what he wants and needs to do. Will there come a breaking point to this story? I don't think so. Trump can't force Z to make a deal. Everyone is watching and every time he trys to dry gulch Z, Z tattles on him and the old man has to back off Z and redden Putin's ass. Putin doesn't mind as long as he keeps gaining back Ukrainian ground, inch-by-inch. It's a game...Trump portends to care about the 2500 soldiers dying per week, but that is nothing more than pure horse . Trump wants that fresh trade that Russia is worth. And he wants it bad. He wants that money that he's giving to Z and Ukrainians And he wants it bad. That's it & that's allPERIOD
Bad Trump tbh
Indeed, now we'll be married to that bunch forever.
I'm with you. any deal with Ukraine or any US boots on thr ground whether soldiers or contractors for rare minerals. Ukraine!
Maybe it can still fall apart, hopefully.
Walk away, let Pootin take his dirt, and just buy the minerals from the russkies if need be...is what I was hoping for
Christ, just read the CNN story about this deal. It is a disaster as far as I can see into it. Christ, the EU has had the same GD deal since '21. Now, NOW we find that out.
me.
Here it is...
[[[The United States and Ukraine have signed an “economic partnership agreement” that will give Washington access to Kyiv’s rare earth minerals in exchange for establishing an investment fund in Ukraine.
The US and Ukraine have been trying to hammer out the natural resources agreement since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January.
The deal comes after weeks of intense negotiations that at times turned bitter and temporarily derailed Washington’s aid to Ukraine.
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced that both countries signed the agreement. “As the President has said, the United States is committed to helping facilitate the end of this cruel and senseless war,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
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“This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump Administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine over the long term,” Bessent said. “And to be clear, no state or person who financed or supplied the Russian war machine will be allowed to benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine.”
Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko was in Washington to sign on behalf of the Ukrainian government
Among the terms of the agreement are “full ownership and control” staying with Ukraine, she posted to X on Wednesday.
“All resources on our territory and in territorial waters belong to Ukraine,” she said, adding: “It is the Ukrainian state that determines what and where to extract. Subsoil remains under Ukrainian ownership — this is clearly established in the Agreement.”
The signing comes hours after a last-minute disagreement over which do ents to sign Wednesday threatened to derail the deal.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected to strike the deal during his trip to Washington in February – but the agreement was left unsigned when that visit was cut short following the contentious Oval Office meeting.
Previous sticking points
Among the key sticking point of the negotiations was the question of security guarantees – and whether the US would provide them as part of the deal. Trump initially refused that, saying he wants Ukraine to sign the agreement first and talk about guarantees later.
At that time, Zelensky described the draft agreement as asking him to “sell” his country. Ukrainian officials have since indicated they believed that US investment and the presence of American companies in Ukraine will make the US more interested in Ukraine’s security.
Shortly after the doomed White House visit, Trump ordered US aid to Ukraine to be suspended. While the assistance has since been restored, the episode became a major wakeup call for Ukraine’s European allies, who have pledged to step up their help to the country.
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Trump has largely billed the agreement as Ukraine “paying back” for the aid the US has provided to Ukraine since Russia launched its unprovoked full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.
The details of the agreement have not been made public. However, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Sunday that the deal “will not include assistance provided before its signing.”
Speaking on Wednesday, Shmyhal described the deal as “a strategic agreement on the establishment of an investment partnership fund.”
“It is truly an equal and beneficial international agreement on joint investments in the development and recovery of Ukraine between the US and Ukrainian governments,” he added.
Under the deal, the US and Ukraine will create a joint investment fund in Ukraine with an equal contributions from both and equal distribution of management shares between them, Shmyhal said.
“The American side may also count new, I emphasize new, military aid to Ukraine as a contribution to this fund,” Shmyhal said.
Mineral riches
Kyiv’s allies have long eyed the country’s mineral riches. Ukraine has deposits of 22 of the 50 materials classed as critical by the US Geological Survey.
These include rare earth minerals and other materials that are critical to the production of electronics, clean energy technologies and some weapon systems.
The global production of rare earth minerals and other strategically important materials has long been dominated by China, leaving Western countries desperate for other alternative sources – including Ukraine.
A memorandum of understanding prepared under the Biden administration last year said the US would promote investment opportunities in Ukraine’s mining projects to American companies in exchange for Kyiv creating economic incentives and implementing good business and environmental practices.
Ukraine already has a similar agreement with the European Union, signed in 2021.
This story has been updated with developments.]]]
Putin is going to have a ing conniption over this.
Doesn't sound too bad if that's all it is. No promises from us, just a promise to pay us back someday from Lil Hitler.
Honestly, we just have to wait and see how the national security "civil war" plays out within the administration. According to Halperin it's JD and crew (includes Don Jr.) who are winning the battle so that's good for us. Pete might have to go although it's not clear to me if he has sided on the neocon side, I suspect he has but the story is mixed.
If he has to he'll just keep pounding that rock till there's nothing but dust left
...but will the old man allow that tact for very long, over a period of time, Snake?
(They) have forced Trump to move and side with Z more than Putin. The bas s.
That little er; he ain't no country preacher that's for damn sure.
Shaming Putin on a regular basis is not going to go over very well in Russia...if he does like you say "keep pounding that rock" how long before Putin has had enough, and if so, what will that look like in broad daylight?
[Honestly, we just have to wait and see how the national security...] That's it & that's all.
this is pretty stupid
Rofl Ukraine good now. Watching the s flip flop over this will be fun
Not me, daddy-O. Ever. It's my religion.
Trump gave the Neocon Waltz the boot. Very promising news. Still don't know what side Pete is on, I guess we'll know if he keeps his job or not.
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It's just intraparty politics
libs wouldn't understand, ya'll just sit around waiting to do what you're told
Who told me to say that was pretty stupid?
TexAgs?
Unfortunately I believe Pete will not survive.
I'll have to take it like a trouper. Nary other choice. GD it.
When Trump makes his mind up on something he has to leave it alone, walk away from it and put an end to it. This Maryland Man is a prime example. He's still bandying about with MSM over it. "It's done. Next question." And mean it!
Russia Slashes Energy Revenue Forecast by 24% as Oil Prices Dip
Russia expects 24% lower revenues from oil and gas this year compared to earlier estimates, following the oil price crash that began in early April and sank the price of its flagship Urals crude close to the $50 per barrel mark.
Russia now sees its oil and gas revenues at about $101.7 billion (8.32 trillion Russian rubles) for 2025, according to the finance ministry’s latest update. That’s lower than the $133.7 billion (10.9 trillion rubles) expected earlier.
Oil and gas income – a key pillar of Russia’s budget revenues – is now expected to account for 3.7% of gross domestic product (GDP), down from 5.1% of GDP expected until the most recent oil price slide.
As a result of lower oil prices, Russia’s finance ministry has also tripled the estimate of its budget deficit—to 1.7% of GDP for 2025, up from a deficit of just 0.5% of GDP previously expected.
In the latest forecast, Russia slashed its expected price of Russian crude from $69.70 per barrel to $56 a barrel for 2025.
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https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-N...rices-Dip.html
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