From WABE Politics News:

President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” Friday in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal with the […]

  • @[email protected]
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    214 hours ago

    Or maybe they should get to keep the minerals for themselves instead of getting shaken down from all sides.

    • @Maalus
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      213 hours ago

      It shuts up people saying “what did Ukraine ever do to us?” and in the end results in basically no difference. If there is no Ukraine, there is no deal. If there is a Ukraine, it’s up to its ears in debt, and paying it off with natural resources would follow. The only problem is signing an agreement that is so unbalanced, it makes the Versailles treaty seem sensible.