A humiliation at the White House and what does it tell us? Trump would make a colony of my country | Andrey Kurkov

IWarm T in Kyiv. The temperature increased from -5C to 4C. Sometimes, the sun is wrinkled through the separators in the clouds, but the kivit does not chant much of the sun’s rays. They do not monitor the signs of spring as they usually do at this time of the year. The weather was in the city and in the country as one of the nervous expectations. This was not an expectation to end military action or signing a peace treaty with Russia – nothing is very specific. In fact, it was not clear at all what we were waiting for, but it was something related to it Donald Trump The change in the US policy towards Ukraine.

The clarity appeared at the Macabre Theater today at the White House: shaking hands, some pumps and some pumps from the American president, before Trump sat alongside Voludmir Zelinsky to discuss a metal metal deal and support war. At the same time, The sirens of the air strike appeared In northern and eastern Ukraine. Soon the conversations were parked and Zelinsky went.

What he moved, in front of the TV cameras, the chilling was unusual. Zelenskyy Grave, angry, desperate – as a leader is forced to bargain over the right of the births in his nation. Trump claims to be an honest mediator, saying: “I am not parallel to anyone. I am in line with the world.” Be grateful, telling a man who saw his people killing, and his families are his lands and besieged him. “Hold a deal or we are outside.”

Worse. Zelenskyy showed pictures of atrocities in the war. He said, “I think President Trump is next to us.” Vice President, JD Vance, Zelenskyy attacked his unarmed. Trump and Fans have pronounced his cameras, because this is the art of the deal now: loaded, vibrant, harsh, without blood.

But then, the Ukrainian faith was already replaced by a concrete proposal from Trump to end the war that the president had no plan, but rather many different ideas about our participation in the region – UkraineBut sometimes it contradicts each other and never focuses on supporting a country that is a victim of Russian aggression.

In the past two weeks, we have seen the issue of ending the Russian -Ukrainian war that has turned into a rare ground mineral mining issue in our country. It was also clear, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, participants in Russian negotiations and the United States also discussed the extraction of rare ground minerals, focusing only on resources in Russian territory and occupied territory in Ukraine. These rare ground minerals pushed the issue of war and military aid to Ukraine from the media space. This space is full of dollars now.

The eldest Ukrainians, who grew up in the Soviet Union, in this case in the United States depicted by the cartoons of Soviet propaganda as a country of greedy, non -officials, and the capitalists who love you, and those who spas on complex problems and had only eyes for the dollar of the dollar.

This is an existential war, and a new fact. Trump says Zellinski “is not ready for peace”, but Ukraine has no choice but to fight, whatever the cost. The aid provided before for nothing should be purchased. If there is no money, it is necessary to pay the resources. After three years of Russian aggression on a large scale, American geopolitical interests in Ukraine were replaced by financial interests. Instead of political president Biden, businessman Trump entered the scene.

Note that the American proposal on extracting rare ground minerals in Ukraine, if achieved, will allow the two American sides to sign a similar agreement with Russia and start drilling without waiting for the end of hostilities. Idea It is an “investment fund”, run by the United States and Ukraine on “equal conditions”, in which Ukraine will contribute 50 % of the future revenues of state -owned mineral resources, oil and gas “to enhance the safety, security and prosperity of Ukraine.” Trump insists that he is “very fair.”

Will such an agreement encourage Russia to stop its aggression? no! Does it contain security guarantees for Ukraine? It does not look. Does Ukraine have any option? Discussionable.

In this case, Britain and the European Union became more important partners for Ukraine than before. While organizing a favorable access to the Ukrainian resources of the United States, Trump hopes to deliver him Europe Britain’s responsibility for Ukraine’s security in the event of stopping hostilities, and responsibility for more military assistance. Given this, it is not in no way clear the advantage of such an agreement on the rare ground minerals that Ukraine gives.

Trump’s allegations that mining on Ukrainian lands will be a sufficient guarantee for Ukraine’s security because Russia will not risk the United States’ economic interests that do not stop criticism. Chinese state -owned Cofco has invested in a new pills and oil complex in the MykolaV port in Ukraine, but the Chinese participation did not protect the port from existence Target. It has not been operated since March 2022 and the region Loss about 40 % From its revenues.

The fact that Trump was very free Vladimir PutinAnd Zelinski’s hostility, says everything. “I think he will maintain his word,” Trump emphasized the world. “I knew him for a long time.” Trump indicates that peace will be achieved “somewhat soon or will not happen at all” that he will not be lost much time in negotiations with Putin if they take, or if Putin puts unacceptable conditions for Ukraine. Some conditions have already been announced by Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, who stated that Russia is still planning to seize the regions of Jacon and Zaburisia.

Zelenskyy was brave, but we are now involved. Trump and Carklin clearly explained that Ukraine’s participation in these negotiations between the United States and Russia is not necessary or desirable. Like a lot, principle Biden announced“Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,” it was refuted. Zelenskyy was called to the White House to sign, but does not speak.

Trump was his way. It has turned Ukraine from a topic to an object, and after this insult to the White House, some Ukrainians are convinced that extracting rare ground minerals on Trump’s terms will turn our country into a “colony” of the United States. However, many Ukrainians prefer to live in an American colony than the Russian colony, if this is the choice.