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Zelenskyy leaves White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office blowup (www.wabe.org)

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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 […]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

He should fly directly to Brussels to sign the deal that the EU offered him.

Let Trump's legacy be that he lost a half trillion dollar rare earth minerals deal to the EU because of his pathetically delicate ego.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 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.