{"id":1950,"date":"2025-02-04T09:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:45:21","slug":"germanys-scholz-hits-out-at-trumps-latest-ukraine-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/germanys-scholz-hits-out-at-trumps-latest-ukraine-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Scholz hits out at Trump\u2019s latest Ukraine demands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US president\u2019s request for rare-earth minerals in exchange for aid is \u201cvery selfish,\u201d the chancellor has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lashed out at US President Donald Trump\u2019s demand that Ukraine supply America with valuable minerals in exchange for continued support, calling his stance \u201cvery selfish.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump suggested on Monday that the US should gain access to Ukraine\u2019s rare-earth elements as a condition for military assistance from Washington, which has so far amounted to tens of billions of dollars in the conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the US has provided more military and economic aid to Ukraine than EU nations, adding: \u201cWe\u2019re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they\u2019re going to secure what we\u2019re giving them with their rare earth and other things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The idea, however, sparked strong criticism from Scholz, who argued that it \u201cwould be very selfish, very self-centered\u201d<\/em> to use Ukraine\u2019s resources to finance defense support. Instead, the chancellor said that profits from rare-earth metals should be utilized for Ukraine\u2019s post-conflict restoration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s about Ukraine being able to finance its reconstruction,\u201d<\/em> Scholz stressed on Monday after an informal EU summit in Brussels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are big tasks when you consider the huge destruction. Therefore, the country’s resources should be used to finance everything that is needed after the war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ukraine possesses significant reserves of rare-earth minerals, including lithium, titanium, and graphite, which are essential for various high-tech industries.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s comments came after Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky himself indicated a willingness to collaborate with Western backers regarding these resources. One of the points of his so-called \u201cvictory plan\u201d<\/em> in the conflict with Russia includes the prospect of a special agreement with Western countries, including the US, \u201con the joint protection of critical resources available in Ukraine, joint investment, and subsequent use of the corresponding economic potential.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In November, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that US policymakers want to establish control over Ukraine due to its vast economic potential. \u201cThere is a struggle for resources, and ultimately \u2013 a struggle for influence,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

Lavrov stressed that Russia is not fighting for Ukraine\u2019s resources, but rather for the sake of its population. \u201cWe care about people, not about natural resources that some people in the US would like to take for themselves and would like to have Ukrainians as servants \u2018sitting\u2019 on these natural resources,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US president\u2019s request for rare-earth minerals in exchange for aid is \u201cvery selfish,\u201d the chancellor has said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lashed out at US President Donald Trump\u2019s demand that Ukraine supply America with valuable minerals in exchange for continued support, calling his stance \u201cvery selfish.\u201d Trump suggested on Monday that the US…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1953,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions\/1953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}