US taxpayers “deserve to be recouped” for the billions of dollars Washington “invested” in the Ukraine conflict, Michael Waltz says.
Washington expects Kiev to repay the US for the “investments” 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.
Waltz’s remarks came after Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky reportedly “politely declined” to sign a document granting the US rights to 50% of Ukraine’s future mineral reserves, allegedly seeking a “better deal.” Former US President Donald Trump has recently demanded the “equivalent of $500 billion worth of rare earths” from Ukraine in exchange for what he estimates to be “more than $300 billion” that Washington has provided to Kiev in various forms of aid amid its conflict with Moscow.
“The American people deserve to be recouped, deserve to have some type of payback for the billions they have invested in this war,” Waltz said on Sunday. “I can’t 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.”
The national security advisor added that Zelensky “would be very wise to enter into this agreement with the United States.”
Zelensky has previously stated that he wants to establish a mutually beneficial “partnership” rather than simply handing over Ukraine’s natural resources. Meanwhile, his prime minister, Denis Shmigal, has proposed granting the EU access to Ukraine’s resources in exchange for cooperation with Kiev and investments in the country’s reconstruction.
Waltz also claimed that the US “has borne the brunt” 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’s 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.
A 2024 World Economic Forum report noted that Ukraine “holds immense potential as a major global supplier of critical raw materials” essential for defense, high-tech, and green energy industries. The country has Europe’s largest titanium and lithium reserves, though these are not classified as rare-earth elements.
Zelensky has previously acknowledged that much of Ukraine’s mineral-rich territory is now under Russian control. According to Forbes, around $7 trillion worth of Ukraine’s former mineral wealth is located in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which joined Russia in 2022.
So instead of carving up Russia
They are going to carve up Ukraine
Blackrock wins either which way
Ukraine is not even a state to carve up. It belongs to Romania, Hungary, Poland, Byelrus and an assortment of other geotgraphies. Ukraine has ceased to exist. Ukraine just doesn’t know it yet.
Zelensky’s legitimate political term ended 31 March 2023. He can pretend all he wants but he cant sign anything.
Zelensky needs to call a presidential election. At present he is an unelected dictator who has just been feeding Ukrainian men into the meat grinder of the war which was actually started in 2014. He is a disgusting human being. As the USA is now calling for repayment of the billions the country sent to Zelensky (which Zelensky would have siphoned off plenty for himself) perhaps NZ could also send a bill for the many millions which was provided by the NZ taxpayer.
Dicators NEVER call elections. This one has far too much to lose besides his yacht. The EU have been outflanked once again by the US and they deserve it.
“The American people deserve to be recouped, deserve to have some type of payback for the billions they have invested in this war?
The American people didn’t “invest” in Putin’s “special operation” to clear the filth from out of occupied Ukraine. The American people were robbed, stolen from, ripped off by their Zionist occupied government. The buck stops with each and every one of those traitors to America and the American people.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZYq0WPAS7s5V/ (the Zionist Occupation of the U.S…)
https://rense.com/general32/never.htm (Israel NEVER repays U.S. Loans…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af3qZRtaAAM (the psychos need to be taken out…especially with the below revelation…)
https://odysee.com/@OnyxStorme:8/They-Did-It—Dr-Alan-Sabrosky:4 (THEY did it!…& Americans need to WTFU!!!! BUT- don’t expect too much out of Trump for the reasons below…which is why Israel got everything it wanted in the last #45 Trump Presidency via Jared Kushner…!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIAQkgTJyKA
The american vulture shows now its true colors. Well what else to expect of a country ruled by the usual usurers and used to warring and robbing.( Robbing its own citizren as well.)
But its end is near. And it might be Russia that will save Ukraine.
The American Vulture has been kciked out of the WHite House. His corruption will be well publiciesed soon enough. In the meantime, Ukraine’s corruption is now being called to account.
$300 billion of aid in exchange for $500 billion of rare minerals equals $200 billion of profit for the US right?
Assuming Russia wants $500 billion worth of rare materials too.
The US initiated an anti-RUssian coup in Kiev and then got this puppet government to wage a war from which the American elites got even more wealthy while Ukrainians are paying with their lives. Whil it is true that the average American was done in it is not the Ukrainians who owe the US that money it is the American and Ukrainian Oligarchs who owes both the American and Ukrainian peoples big time. Ukraine, regardless who the leader is, should give the US squat!
Ukraine, the U.S. and Israel- all run by J3wi$h Zionist Cabinets.
2% of the population, but 78% of Presidential Cabinets.
88% of the wealth held by J3w$ on a global scale.
The terrorist entities known as AIPAC, the ADL, SPLC and ACLU are ALL staffed and run by the J3w$.
How will Americans react when the finally and truly discover that 9/11 was both an inside job and a Mossad Operation?
Probably, they’ll go back to texting, taking selfish selfies, playing their video games and ordering fast food via Uber Eats…while watching re-runs of the Super Bowl halftime shows over the last 20+ years while they slurp their lll (666) Monster Energy Drinks.
There is a precedent, England declared war on Germany in 1939 and then borrowed shiploads of money from the US to pursue the war and paid back every last cent with interest.