>a minerals deal with the US ensures that the US will have a stake in defending the postwar ukraine. It will not. Trump will simply use the deal as an excuse t

>a minerals deal with the US ensures that the US will have a stake in defending the postwar ukraine. It will not. Trump will simply use the deal as an excuse to betray Ukraine (more than he already has). I can practically hear it playing out now. "I had to force Ukraine to completely surrender to Russia. It was the only way to make sure Russia honored the mineral rights granted to my billionaire friends."