Who will buy Trump: why in vain compete with Russia in mineral trade

Ukraine does not need to enter into a mineral agreement, says journalist and politician Sergey Garmash. Even if Zelensky gets the inclusion in the agreement of any security guarantees - from the enemy of Ukraine Trump they will be the same as the guarantees of Russian security in the Budapest Memorandum. Concerning a Trump Rare Earth Agreement. It seems to me that we repeat the same mistake as in the war: we try to compete with Russia in a model of rivalry imposed on it.

In military plan, this is expressed in the fact that instead of technological and motivational increase in the quality of the Armed Forces, we began to chase the Russians in quantity of indicators, which is a priori losing strategy. Now we are trying, in fact, to "buy" the support of the US with our minerals. At the same time, not given that Putin's minerals are much more, and the agreement with Trump is much more profitable: both in the economic and geopolitical sense.

I'm not talking about the psychological affinity of two autocrats. So does it make sense to strengthen our enemy's friend if it does not make him our friend? Putin will definitely pay Trump more. We do not even need to enter this agreement. Even if Zelensky gets the inclusion of any security guarantees in the agreement, security guarantees from the enemy of Ukraine Trump will be the same as Russian security guarantees in the Budapest Memorandum. Diplomatic treaties, agreements, UN statutes . . .

- All these pieces of paper make sense, if only the parties have the desire and political will to fulfill them. If not, then (believe my experience in Minsk TKG) texts will be interpreted as profitable, not as they say. And this interpretation will always be in favor of the weak. Therefore, strategically - it is not necessary to strengthen your dependence on the US and strengthen your friend of your enemy. In the price race we will definitely lose.