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LudwigPastorius

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8. "request"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Feb 16, 2025, 01:20 AM

Feb 2025

That's a nice word for give-me-your-minerals-or-I-cut-off-aid blackmail.

This is the same shit Trump tried to do with Z. when he leaned on him to manufacture bullshit about Biden. It's just that the stakes for Ukraine now are existential.

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Ukraine rejects initial Trump request for half its rare mineral wealth [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 OP

Impounded bank accounts enid602 Feb 2025 #1

Trump wants to 'solve' the problem by giving Putin what he wanted all along. Aussie105 Feb 2025 #2

Well, to be fair, Donnie isn't trying to save money, he is repurposing it for billionaire tax cuts and grifting... bsiebs Feb 2025 #5

I read where 40% of Ukraine's metals are now in territory that Russia occupies.......so that leave 60% and the felon in KewlKat Feb 2025 #3

I am speechless at this demand. Hugin Feb 2025 #4

Extortion might be an appropriate word. Norrrm Feb 2025 #6

Maybe Ukraine should have lied Buzz cook Feb 2025 #7

"request" LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #8

More criminal mob boss extortion from the Don. Evolve Dammit Feb 2025 #9

All Ukraine has to do is say no. truthisfreedom Feb 2025 #10