Ukrainian mineral deal as a metaphor for Trump's foreign policy

Ukrainian mineral deal as a metaphor for Trump's foreign policy

Donald Trump is not the only president who recognizes bad business when he sees it. The refusal of Volodymyr Zelensky, almost half of the rare earths of his country to sign for only a few future commitments, is one of many reasons why Trump in Rage has come across his counterpart in Kiev.

The reconstruction of Ukraine

The Ukrainian President has clearly understood that the exploitation of the valuable geographical and energy -technical resources of its country will be a way to rebuild the economy and cities after the future end of the war. However, the offer of Finance Minister Scott Bessent, which is celebrated by US representatives as a generous step in the direction of prosperity for Ukraine, is actually not a “business” in the classic sense.

Trump's perspective on foreign policy

, however, gives insights into the point of view of foreign policy and his perception of the war, after he has at least withdrawn the support of the bid administration for the attacked party and has been behind the attacker. Similar to his plan to move all Palestinians from Gaza in order to have the United States built a "Riviera" with beach resorts, Trump's motifs seem to be more rooted in achieving the best possible monetary yield for the United States than finding a fair way out of a murderous conflict that endangers the world

Trump reflects the distrust of his electorate compared to the tens of billions of dollars of military and financial aid, which the bidding administration of Ukraine after the illegal invasion of Russia's President Vladimir Putin received three years ago. This shows that Trump's transactional approach represents a break with the decades of foreign policy values of the United States, including the principle that mighty nations should not attack smaller ones, which was anchored in the United Nations Charter.

a hard pressure on Ukraine

The pressure that Trump exerts on Ukraine, which is the victim in the conflict, is also a tough attempt to benefit from a nation in a time of darkness. While Putin has separated large parts of the Ukrainian territory, Trump strives for a low price after a large part of the mineral wealth. The "business" is more like a form of blackmail that Trump once tried with Zelensky - when he offered military help as an incentive so that Zelensky announced an investigation against Joe Biden, which led to Trump's first office.

frustration in the White House

Nevertheless, the White House says that Zelensky has no choice than signing the pact to repay US taxpayers for Kiev's survival-even if it does not contain any assurances that Washington will continue the help in the future. "President Trump is obviously very frustrated by President Zelensky," said Mike Waltz's national security advisor, Mike Waltz, on Thursday. "The fact that he is not at the table and is not ready to take this opportunity to take - I think he will come to this point at some point and I hope very quickly."

shocking U -turn of the USA

The dispute over the agreement on the raw materials comes at a time serious deterioration between the relationship between the USA and Zelensky, which was reinforced by Trump's takeover of Russian propaganda, including the false claims that the Ukrainian leader began the conflict and was a dictator. The true autocrate in this situation is Putin, who has ruled Russia for 25 years, locked up its opponents, suppressed the free press and had sham elections held. And he started the war.

The shocking turnaround of the United States in the war declined on Thursday, when the Trump administration negotiated with the G7 members about a joint statement to commit the third anniversary of the invasion, with US diplomats referring to "Russian aggression" in the document. Officials told CNN that other G7 members fear to give Russia another victory after the United States has been on Putin's talks in Saudi Arabia.

Trump's motifs question

While Trump says he is convinced that Putin wants to end the war and seriously run peace talks, US and allied intelligence agencies are more skeptical. Three sources that are familiar with the western secret services said CNN that Putin was still fixed to either integrate Ukraine into Russia or create a small, weak state that depends on Moscow. "If there is a ceasefire, it is only time for Putin to rest and upgrade yourself to get back and get what he wants," said one of the sources.

Zelensky's impossibility of accepting the "business"

The raw material deal mentioned not only raises questions about his conditions, but also on the view of the White House about the political dynamics in Ukraine. There is no way that Zelensky or another Ukrainian president could accept the "business" to hand over a large part of his country's geological heritage. If he had done this, his approval rate would probably have fallen on a minimum, which in turn could endanger the political stability he needs to stay in office.

Zelensky said that he did not allow one of his ministers to sign the first draft of the raw material deal with the United States. "The contract is not ready to protect us or our interests," he told the reporters and pointed out that he could not recognize how the design could offer security guarantees for Ukraine.

The original agreement on the rare earths aimed to compensate the United States for past help to Kiev and specified the natural resources that would be part of the deal on over a dozen pages.

as Waltz said on Fox News on Thursday morning, be it time that Ukraine stops "doing bad" in view of everything he and the United States did for the country. "It is unacceptable. You have to pull yourself together and sign the deal," he said.

While the language of Ukraine was sharp in the past few days-Zelensky accused the US President to live in a "disinformation room"-most of the rhetoric raised followed the wrong claims and accusations of Trump.

For the Ukrainians, the turn of Trump against Ukraine is a political question that decides on life and death. "The Ukrainians feel that they are the only adults in the room," said Sasha Dovzhyk, director of the Institute for Documentation and Exchange. "What we are currently seeing in the news are outbursts of an outbreaks of someone we regarded as the world leader, while the Ukrainians are basically confronted with the reduction of the world order."

she added: "We are not new in this fight; the only new one is that we are currently confronting aggression and misinformation from another side - the page of our great ally, the United States of America."