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✍️ The Trump administration has hailed its mineral deal with Ukraine as 'historic', but experts question its significance and potential impact on the country's security.
👉 The Trump administration has hailed its mineral deal with Ukraine as 'historic'
👉 The deal allows for profit-sharing between the US and Ukraine
👉 Critics argue that the deal does not provide a security guarantee to Ukraine
👉 The deal may not even be a long-term commitment
👉 The Trump administration's handling of the crisis has been marked by capriciousness and chaos
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The White House calls it ‘historic’. A more realistic estimate is that while Ukraine is glad to sign, this is not a shift in the big pictureThe Trump administration, with its customary rhetorical inflation, has hailed its mineral deal with Ukraine as “historic”. What the world’s most powerful nation says and does matters. But how much? And for how long? This is a government of caprice and chaos – losing its national security adviser, Mike Waltz, on Thursday after only three months in the job. Attempting to connect the data points can be like trying to join up the bug splats on a windscreen. The real issue is that the vehicle is still following the signs for Moscow.This moment looks like a high because US-Ukraine ties hit such a low, particularly with the Oval Office bullying of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reports that Washington is willing to recognise annexed Crimea as Russian. Key details of this deal have yet to be finalised in a technical agreement. The idea originated with Kyiv, which saw that economic incentives might be the only way to interest the money-minded US president in its defence. The Trump administration decided the answer was, in essence, to take all the resources without granting the security guarantee that Ukraine had sought. It looked a bit like a protection racket, without ongoing protection.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/the-guardian-view-on-the-us-and-ukraine-is-the-natural-resources-agreement-a-big-deal