Phoenix68
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"The Trump administration is closing in on a deal for the United States to receive a financial interest in Ukraine’s critical minerals industry. The first question, of course, is why we are asking an ally that was attacked to pay a kind of reparations. But apart from that, the presidunce has characteristically exaggerated and misrepresented the facts.
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As he often does, the president has been wildly misrepresenting the facts around Ukrainian war aid. He claims that the United States has provided around $350 Billion in aid; the actual figure is $120 Billion. He has said that Europe has provided about $100 Billion; the correct figure is $138 Billion. (It is true that some portion of the European aid is in the form of loans.)
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Against that backdrop, it is not clear why Trump believes that the U.S. is entitled to his requested $500 Billion of compensation from Ukraine’s critical minerals industry, large resources of titanium, lithium, uranium and others. Regardless, the Ukrainians appear likely to agree to something as soon as Friday, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Washington."
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As he often does, the president has been wildly misrepresenting the facts around Ukrainian war aid. He claims that the United States has provided around $350 Billion in aid; the actual figure is $120 Billion. He has said that Europe has provided about $100 Billion; the correct figure is $138 Billion. (It is true that some portion of the European aid is in the form of loans.)
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Against that backdrop, it is not clear why Trump believes that the U.S. is entitled to his requested $500 Billion of compensation from Ukraine’s critical minerals industry, large resources of titanium, lithium, uranium and others. Regardless, the Ukrainians appear likely to agree to something as soon as Friday, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Washington."
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