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In reply to the discussion: Trump Reportedly Offering Putin Natural Resources Off Alaska Sparks Fury [View all]riversedge
(78,812 posts)11. This isn't foreign policy; it's a geopolitical fire sale. The admin is putting American strategic assets on the clearanc
This isn't foreign policy; it's a geopolitical fire sale. The admin is putting American strategic assets on the clearance rack, hoping a quick photo-op with a dictator is worth the price. A truly bizarre business model.
The "deal" is a catalog of concessions. The admin is reportedly offering Putin access to the Bering Strait's oil reserves AND legitimizing his conquest by granting rights to minerals in occupied Ukrainethe same minerals the U.S. secured via a deal with Kyiv just this past April.
This is transactional diplomacy in action: American assets become bargaining chips, and conquest is rewarded with a contract.
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Trump Reportedly Offering Putin Natural Resources Off Alaska Sparks Fury [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2025
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I seem to remember some kind of shit about Hillary selling uranium to Russia? That was all crap I guess.
Walleye
Aug 2025
#5
This isn't foreign policy; it's a geopolitical fire sale. The admin is putting American strategic assets on the clearanc
riversedge
Aug 2025
#11
Putin must have plenty of Epstein's kompromat on Trump and other Republicans....
AntiFascist
Aug 2025
#12
Just a President finishing his FULL traitor achievement? NOTHING TO SEE HERE, YOU WANT THE EPSTEIN FILES!
Brainfodder
Aug 2025
#14
There's a push on in Russia to take Alaska back, by force, if necessary.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Aug 2025
#25
Obviously the crook is mixing a sidebar offer with ceasefire negotiations
ChicagoTeamster
Aug 2025
#35
Actually I'm all for tRump giving the USSR all the rights to Alaska's yellow snow Resources. nt
ImNotGod
Aug 2025
#37
So We the People are going to pay Putin to leave Ukraine alone? Is that for all of time?
travelingthrulife
Aug 2025
#44