President Trump suspends all military aid to Ukraine forcing Kyiv to give into his minerals deal without fresh security guarantees.
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By lunchtime President Zelenskyy declared that he was ready to sign a minerals deal at any time and in any convenient format. Ukraine’s leader has been force-fed humble pie by an indispensable power that sounds more like predator than protector.
And in a long social media post, Zelenskyy made sure to express particular gratitude for the Javelin missiles Trump provided during his first term.
Meanwhile, Vice President Vance pitched in, as he does, by saying that America's economic upside is a way better guarantee for Ukraine's security than twenty thousand troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years.
Did Vance mean allies Britain or France? Neither, he clarified later.
And just to sour the mood further, Trump declared a trade war on America's three biggest trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China. The markets tanked. It's only Tuesday.
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