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3. Zelensky and Ukrainian officials would be idiots to sign such a one-sided deal. On the other hand...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 08:51 AM

Feb 2025

trump is an idiot if he thinks Putin will let him and the US haul away billions of dollars worth of Ukrainian minerals in perpetuity from under his nose...when Russia could use those minerals itself.

But that's trump for you. A walking and talking idiot.

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They never got along....................... Lovie777 Feb 2025 #1

who gets these minerals? rampartd Feb 2025 #2

putin? Justice matters. Feb 2025 #4

Zelensky and Ukrainian officials would be idiots to sign such a one-sided deal. On the other hand... brush Feb 2025 #3