In brief: US President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Real America’s Voice that the critical minerals deal signed with Kyiv allows the US to access Ukraine’s rare earth resources “at any time” and take “pretty much whatever we want,” valuing the agreement at over $300 billion. The bilateral deal, signed in April 2025, actually establishes a 50/50 revenue-sharing recovery fund managed by the US Development Finance Corporation and Ukraine’s PPP Agency.

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    Trump wants more than he deserves. He refused to supply Ukraine with Tomahawks. He tried to get Zelensky to cede a lot of territory to Russia in exchange for peace.

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      That is right. Trump and the USA are not different than Russia. Imperialist USA and Trump just see this conflict as a business

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    Someone should tell him that the minerals are under Russian soldiers feet and they need to be kicked out if he wants to get anything.