Wondering why Trump has been making such a big deal about Ukraine's rare earth metals? Minerals that are potentially available, at best, 10 years down the road. And at worst, may not be commercially viable to mine at all, considering none have been mined, to date, and all knowledge of their existence is based on 50 year old geological surveys done by the USSR.
One reason, according to Antonia Juhasz, is that it's actually a FOSSIL FUEL SHAKEDOWN.
#putin #trump #donaldtrump #russia #ussr #ukraine #ukrainewar #usa #america #peace #peacetalks
I detect a Neville Chamberlain-esque “Peace for our time” agreement, and the fact Putin wants Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson (which are undoubtedly Ukrainian) highlights who the agressor really is.
If Ukraine and the west capitulate, I’ve no doubt Putin will invade again within a few years. We seriously need to learn from history, otherwise we’ll be facing WW3.
You know what country in recent history was #Republican without #Democracy? "R" in #USSR stands for "Republics." This is where the U.S. is headed.
On this day in 1940, #Finland and #russia signed the #Moscow Treaty that ceded 11% of Finland to the #USSR, after #russians jointly invaded #Europe with #Nazi #Germany, as agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed by Russia and Germany just 9 months earlier.
Russia's invasion of Finland killed 190,000 people - 25,000 Finns and 150,000 Russians.
As part of the Finnish resistence, Finns killed many Russians by placing bombs in items that Russians would often steal, such as radios.
July 1987, Moscow, USSR — Trump, 41 years old, flies to Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Dubinin.
Upon returning from Moscow, the bankrupt Trump suddenly receives loans from 16 banks and, without negotiation.
