Trump aims at deal with Ukraine: rare earths for US help!

Trump aims at deal with Ukraine: rare earths for US help!

US President Donald Trump plans to make an agreement with Ukraine that provides for the exchange of rare earths for American support. In a conversation with reporters, Trump said that Ukraine should provide the United States with valuable raw materials in order to receive a guarantee for the support that they receive during the ongoing conflict. "We want a guarantee," emphasized the President from the Oval Office, where he at the same time signed several decree laws. Rare earths are essential materials for the production of modern technologies, such as electric motors and wind turbines. As the New York Times reported, minerals such as lithium, uranium and titanium are plentiful in Ukraine, which makes it a strategically important partner.

Trump criticized the help of the bid administration and emphasized that his government was determined to check the expenditure for foreign development aid. While many humanitarian organizations therefore had to suspend their activities in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government is probably faced with the challenge of finding alternative sources of financing for important programs, including support for veterans and the battered energy supply. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj made it clear that the military aid from the United States continued to flow.

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Scholz, Germany's Chancellor, expressed sharply to Trump's plans and emphasized that the Ukrainian resources should not be used to only promote the American defense strategy. He warned that it was selfish to use money to finance military support, while Ukraine urgently need a reconstruction after the war. At the same time, Trump is not tired of criticizing the European Union, which in his opinion does less for Ukraine than the USA. "Europe should move with us," he said, "they are financially inferior to us."