{"id":2791,"date":"2025-02-16T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2025-02-16T22:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:27:34","slug":"ukraine-must-pay-americans-back-top-trump-aide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/ukraine-must-pay-americans-back-top-trump-aide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine must pay Americans back \u2013 top Trump aide"},"content":{"rendered":"

US taxpayers \u201cdeserve to be recouped\u201d for the billions of dollars Washington \u201cinvested\u201d in the Ukraine conflict, Michael Waltz says<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Washington expects Kiev to repay the US for the \u201cinvestments\u201d<\/em> it has made in the Ukraine conflict, US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz told Fox News on Sunday. He argued that repaying the American people would be the best way for Ukraine to ensure continued assistance in the future.<\/p>\n

Waltz\u2019s remarks came after Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky reportedly \u201cpolitely declined\u201d<\/em> to sign a document granting the US rights to 50% of Ukraine\u2019s future mineral reserves, allegedly seeking a \u201cbetter deal.\u201d<\/em> Former US President Donald Trump has recently demanded the \u201cequivalent of $500 billion worth of rare earths\u201d<\/em> from Ukraine in exchange for what he estimates to be \u201cmore than $300 billion\u201d<\/em> that Washington has provided to Kiev in various forms of aid amid its conflict with Moscow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people deserve to be recouped, deserve to have some type of payback for the billions they have invested in this war,\u201d<\/em> Waltz said on Sunday. \u201cI can\u2019t think of anything that would make the American people more comfortable with future investments than if we were able to be in a partnership and have the American people made whole.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump wants US troops to guard Ukraine\u2019s minerals \u2013 NBC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The national security advisor added that Zelensky \u201cwould be very wise to enter into this agreement with the United States.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Zelensky has previously stated that he wants to establish a mutually beneficial \u201cpartnership\u201d<\/em> rather than simply handing over Ukraine\u2019s natural resources. Meanwhile, his prime minister, Denis Shmigal, has proposed granting the EU access <\/a>to Ukraine\u2019s resources in exchange for cooperation with Kiev and investments in the country\u2019s reconstruction.<\/p>\n

Waltz also claimed that the US \u201chas borne the brunt\u201d<\/em> of Western military and financial aid to Kiev. Officially, the US Congress has authorized roughly $175 billion for Ukraine since 2022, though a significant portion of that funding has gone to American industries and government activities related to the conflict. According to Germany\u2019s Kiel Institute for the World Economy, as of October 2024, the US had provided Ukraine with approximately $92 billion in financial and military assistance, while EU nations and the UK had allocated a combined $131 billion.<\/p>\n

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Zelensky refused to sign rare earths deal with US \u2013 media<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A 2024 World Economic Forum report noted that Ukraine \u201cholds immense potential as a major global supplier of critical raw materials\u201d<\/em> essential for defense, high-tech, and green energy industries. The country has Europe\u2019s largest titanium and lithium reserves, though these are not classified as rare-earth elements.<\/p>\n

Zelensky has previously acknowledged that much of Ukraine\u2019s mineral-rich territory is now under Russian control. According to Forbes, around $7 trillion worth of Ukraine\u2019s former mineral wealth is located in the Donetsk and Lugansk People\u2019s Republics, which joined Russia in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US taxpayers \u201cdeserve to be recouped\u201d for the billions of dollars Washington \u201cinvested\u201d in the Ukraine conflict, Michael Waltz says Washington expects Kiev to repay the US for the \u201cinvestments\u201d it has made in the Ukraine conflict, US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz told Fox News on Sunday. He argued that repaying the American people…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2794,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791\/revisions\/2794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}