>How else should Ukraine pay for the military assistance it's receiving?... Sharing profits from your natural resources in exchange for military resources seems like a great deal to me.
Sorry, where did you get that this deal is for _FUTURE_ military resources??? Seriously - where did you hear that?
The only way the Trump administration characterized the mineral deal is as repayment for PAST military aid, even though it was perfectly understood that those were GRANTS (i.e. there were no terms attached to the military aid). The Trump administration also accused Ukraine of cheating/tricking the US/Biden administration to get this military aid ... and also of starting the war ... and also of being a dictatorship ... and also of being an obstacle to peace.
Trump administration also made it clear that the mineral deal is NOT a security guarantee, nor is the mineral deal payment for FUTURE military aid.
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It is a common pattern that whenever Trump says X, apologists, like you, come out of the woodwork and say something like "Well, what he really meant to say is Y".
Yes, it would be different if the mineral deal was payment for future military aid .. but it isn't - so why are you saying that?
Sorry, where did you get that this deal is for _FUTURE_ military resources??? Seriously - where did you hear that?
The only way the Trump administration characterized the mineral deal is as repayment for PAST military aid, even though it was perfectly understood that those were GRANTS (i.e. there were no terms attached to the military aid). The Trump administration also accused Ukraine of cheating/tricking the US/Biden administration to get this military aid ... and also of starting the war ... and also of being a dictatorship ... and also of being an obstacle to peace.
Trump administration also made it clear that the mineral deal is NOT a security guarantee, nor is the mineral deal payment for FUTURE military aid.
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It is a common pattern that whenever Trump says X, apologists, like you, come out of the woodwork and say something like "Well, what he really meant to say is Y".
Yes, it would be different if the mineral deal was payment for future military aid .. but it isn't - so why are you saying that?