U.S. IS SECOND TO THE UK'S 100 YEAR DEAL
HAS THIS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT RESOURCES?
Tomorrow, Zelinsky of Ukraine is expected to come to Washington and sign a mineral rights deal worth 50% of all future income from mineral extraction. It is interesting that today, U.K.'s Keir Starmer is coming to Washington, will they talk about the U.K.'s 100 year deal with Ukraine that was signed on Jan. 16, 2025, 4 days before the Trump inauguration? A 100 year deal sounds a lot like colonial deals of the past, obviously the U.K. is hoping to bring back it's past.
It is rumored that Zelensky started talking about such deals with Biden and Trump as early as september 2024. Did the U.K. hope to get to make its deal before Trump could have time to consummate a deal?
Several other countries have also made so called "Security Agreements " with Ukraine, France for one. Did Trump and Macron also talk about such deals earlier in the week?
One must wonder how such deals can be guaranteed, when the war is ongoing and no one knows exactly what will be left of Ukraine. Will negotiations with Russia include honoring these deals, a sort of sharing of the spoils of what is left of Ukraine? Is that why Europe wants to be in on negotiations?
A neutral Ukraine would have had the opportunity to sell these minerals for the benefit of its people, but that is now a horse out of the barn.
One must wonder, what is the strategy of Trump? He has really exposed what is going on, by demanding this public deal.
So, now as it it is clear that the war is coming to an end, will Russia make a deal with the west to share the resources, in exchange for the facade of a sovereign Ukraine. Many talk about past deals for, "peace in our time". Today it may be more like "a PIECE in our time".
It will be interesting to see if the mainstream media even mentions these mineral deals.
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