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[-] thejml@lemm.ee 202 points 2 months ago

Probably a good thing, the US sucked at it anyway. Ukraine was going to be forced to concede so much… Art of the Deal strikes again.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 80 points 2 months ago

Nah, Trump got what he wanted, the minerals deal. Now he can keep sanctions on China for longer while we strip mine Ukraine for rare earth minerals.

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 80 points 2 months ago

Lol, we aren't going to be mining anything. Rare earth minerals aren't rare because they're only located in isolated places, they're rare because they are only present in small amounts when mining other materials.

The hard part is the refining of rare earth minerals because it requires large investments in refineries to separate the materials and consolidate them. Infrastructure that Ukraine or America haven't invested in.

The minerals deal is just something that trump can point to as a "win" when in reality it's not worth anything. Just like everything this administration does, it's nothing but smoke and mirrors.

[-] dzso@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

In that case, looks like Zelenskyy had the cards.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 15 points 2 months ago

Ukraine doesn't even have significant rare earth deposits. Nothing worth mining.

However, those aren't the only thing in the deal. Bunch of other minerals are in there, and oil and natural gas.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’m aware, but they’re also unfortunately rare in the US, and we need batteries if we don’t maintain a good trade relationship with China.

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

America actually has plenty of rare earth deposits, it's just not profitable to mine them and then build facilities to refine them.

[-] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago

Bro the US isn’t going to mine shit in an active war zone. The mineral deal might be beneficial if peace is reached but not before that.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

Doesn't really matter. Trump got a deal. In Donnie's diseased mind, it doesn't matter what it says, only that it exists.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

If peace is reached and maintained. If Russia doesn't get all of Ukraine, how long is it going to be until they invade again? No one is going to want to invest in building a mine with that hanging over it.

[-] thejml@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

It’s going to take years if not decades to setup the full supply chain off that deal, he’ll likely be dead by then and China will be laughing the whole time.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Honestly, from everything I've seen so far, the new mineral deal seems pretty good and fair.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago

That depends on the deal actually being followed.

Trump has zero intention of following through on any deal he makes, if he finds another option that is more beneficial to himself and himself alone, he will reneg on the deal in a microsecond.

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