Trump drives a hard bargain

I didn't realise what all of Trump's pissing for Canada and Ukraine were until this post.

It's because Musk wants cheap minerals for Tesla batteries...

Makes so much fricking sense now. When before has Trump given a shit about this stuff?

Same goes with giving white South Africans refugee status.

Does Greenland also have a load of rare earth minerals?

Holy frick Greenland also has some of the largest rare mineral deposits on Earth:

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/why-world-turning-to-greenlands-rare-earth-metals/32694/

Musk is really calling the shots.

"President Musk".

The other day I realized that we can't do that, but we can call him UnPresident Musk. Like an unbirthday. From a children's story about absurdity.

Big electric SMH

Like an unbirthday. From a children's story about absurdity.

Absolute zinger, Redditoid. How will Musk recover?

How am I supposed to understand this post about bad news for Ukraine without several pages of broken English ramblings and maps of Ukraine in 1:1.2 scale?

Honestly, Ukraine should give "assurances" that Trump will get his rare earths, written on the back of the 1994 Security Assurances that the territorial integrity of Ukraine would be honored. /s

This is a good way to bet bombed again

I didn't realise what all of Trump's pissing for Canada and Ukraine were until this post.

It's because Musk wants cheap minerals for Tesla batteries...

Makes so much fricking sense now. When before has Trump given a shit about this stuff?

Same goes with giving white South Africans refugee status.

Does Greenland also have a load of rare earth minerals?

Holy frick Greenland also has some of the largest rare mineral deposits on Earth:

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/why-world-turning-to-greenlands-rare-earth-metals/32694/

Musk is really calling the shots.

Oh, so now redditors don't like cute gay couples

Regardless of what side is doing it, this is basically global extortion. You aren't safe unless you give us what we demand.

It's wrong both ways.

Ukros did the same thing to us when we had to settle our territorial disputes with them to enter NATO. It was really funny then I guess, but they are paying for this dearly now. How's being an independent country who don't need no West going for you Ukraine?

It's because Musk rigged the whole election. Trump bragged about not needing your vote when he was swaying to ave Maria. He rigged the election, reports coming out of Nevada stating they believe several swing states show manipulation. Talked about musks knowledge of voting machines and thanked him for a landslide win in PA. Musk stated he'd be in prison if Trump loses. His DOGE boys have experience hacking and one made ballet validation software. Links below, spread the word:

I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots wentThis is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI HackathonBut in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProofHere's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....

— Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) 2025-02-08T20:12:57.958Z

https://www.wcia.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/776992724/analysis-of-2024-election-results-in-clark-county-indicates-manipulation/

BlueAnon is going strong

Musk is going to start making the "CyberGun" (aka: Pardon Pistol). It will have a trigger activated camera that will instantly send a message to Trump that reads, "Pardon the owner of this weapon for shooting this person/thing".

I guess the real difficulty is that it would only work for federal crimes. So if you want to shoot people, they'd have to be government employees, or on federal land or something

What the frick is this conspiracy?

If you're right, Sweden will be next.

https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/europes-largest-deposit-rare-earth-metals-found-northern-sweden

We also have a huge stock of rare metals, if we become an american colony they could become America's rare metals...

Ukraine should "auction" off the rare earth metals. Say "we'll give away the $500B...prorated to the amount of military support each country gives us against Russia." The more military aid you pour in, the bigger slice of the pie you get, unless someone else puts in MORE.

Unless Trump invades you too and then you lose all your metals

Well, the solution is simple, promise Trump $500B worth of rare earths, then renegotiate or renege on the promise a decade later. It's not like the US will have the political capital to enforce this agreement after Trump administration.

This is how you get bombed a decade later

By that logic, Democrats (or anyone pro-Ukraine for that matter) should just endorse this deal. Then in 5 years they can just 'forgive' the debt. Just do what Trump does, always kick the can down the road and then reneg.

And then next time a repub becomes president he can signal to Russia that they are free to invade again because America won't get involved this time. I don't think redditors realize that Ukraine is not in a position to negotiate like this

"rare earth minerals" are a meme and are cheaper than limestone

Art of the deal

He doesnt even have a dog.

Snapshots:

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1imsihw/trump_demands_500b_in_rare_earths_from_ukraine/:

• undelete.pullpush.io

• ghostarchive.org

• archive.org

• archive.ph (click to archive)

He's just saying out loud the only reason we're doing this lol

Hahahahaha. Zelenskyy pockets a hundred billy, Trump takes 500.

Great deal for everyone except the Ukraine people

You guys in the United States should be disgusted by yourselves. Full on supporting and helping to achieve genocide in Gaza, extorting an allied democracy in a time of war and threatening multiple allies with annexation. How low have you all sunken. And to believe that people would look to the US as leaders of the free world at one point.

$200 $200 billion