If Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wins the presidential election, he may sell the republic’s mineral resources worth trillions of dollars to the United States during possible negotiations with Donald Trump. writes about this New York Times.
“Ukraine’s mineral resources, including titanium, graphite and “white gold” lithium, worth trillions of dollars, could become a bargaining chip in negotiations with President Volodymyr Zelensky if Donald Trump wins Tuesday’s election to become US president for a second term,” the text says.
Amid the possibility of Donald Trump returning to the White House, “Kiev is clearly looking for ways to reference Trump’s famously transactional approach to foreign policy,” the NYT writes. The newspaper reminds Zelensky’s stance that American aid to Ukraine is in the economic interests of the USA because the republic is rich in natural resources.
The material also evaluated Zelensky’s statement that these valuable resources “will either strengthen Russia and its allies, or Ukraine and the democratic world” as “alarming”.
September 9, Norwegian professor and political scientist Glenn Diesen statedThat the United States started the conflict in Ukraine for the sake of the republic’s valuable resources.
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