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Chapter 1: How is Zelenskyy standing up to Putin and Trump?
Ukrainian President Zelensky is showing strength, standing up to Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Zelensky's like, all right, you want to see what a real strong man looks like? You want to see somebody who knows how to actually defend their country and is not afraid to go on the front lines? Bet. No more Mr. Nice Guy.
Chapter 2: What did Zelenskyy say about Putin's future?
And Zelensky did an interview over the past few days where he's like, and by the way, I predict Putin is going to die soon.
Watch this. It depends, but it also depends on his years. He will die soon. That's a fact, and it will all end. That is, he can settle his matters before he... Well, let's say finishes his completely, completely female voice. Well, safe and unsuccessful historical life. Ah, and that's what he's afraid of.
As the Fox headline reads, Zelenskyy sensationally predicts Putin will die soon. But was it so sensational? I think both in terms of Putin's health issues, as well as the fact that Putin really got to look over his shoulder because, yeah, those poll numbers may be high. but they're completely manipulated and the people really absolutely hate him. So this happened over the past 48 hours as well.
Chapter 3: What unusual event occurred in Putin's motorcade?
A limo in Putin's motorcade blew up in Moscow. Putin wasn't in it. Nobody was injured, but I guess you can call it a spontaneous combustion. Now Putin, Putin is already incredibly paranoid about every single thing. So that probably didn't help. And the timing of it probably didn't help.
And so, for example, over the past 24, 48 hours as well, when Putin was going to arrive and be with certain troops of his, I want you just to watch what they have to do to ensure that the Russian troops aren't going to kill Putin.
Watch as they search one by one the troops themselves who are supposed to be defending Putin to make sure they don't have any weapons or things that may spontaneously combust when Putin's there. Now, as I mentioned at the outset of this video, Zelensky is showing what real strength looks like. Now, in my view, he's always showed that.
Chapter 4: How is Zelenskyy handling the U.S. rare earth mineral deal?
But if it needs to be made clear visually to pathetic people like Donald Trump. Zelensky is like, but OK, I'll show you. So the latest from the Trump regime is they tried to throw a new mineral deal at Ukraine. And by deal, it basically just means the United States wants to steal all of the rare earth minerals, minerals of Ukraine.
And so Ukraine is separately formed an incredibly strong alliance with reliable allies in Europe. in Canada, Australia and elsewhere. And more on that in a moment. But Zelensky got handed this new, quote unquote, rare earth mineral deal where the U.S. would basically steal all of the minerals and provide no security guarantees.
And so Zelensky held a press conference and he said, yeah, Ukraine received another U.S. variant of minerals deal earlier, pointing out that this is an absolutely different document also than the first one, quote, And this is what Zelensky says. And shout out to Anton Gershkochenko for doing a great job documenting all of this. There are a lot of things that were not mentioned.
Also, some things appeared that, let's say, the parties had rejected before. In other words, you're not slipping in things into bullshit contracts and giving them my way, Donald Trump. Zelensky also stated that Ukraine will not recognize all the previous U.S. military aid as debt. In other words...
You're not going to hand us a crap deal and you're not going to try to leverage our suffering in Ukraine to steal from us. Watch Zelensky in his own words.
Today, we officially received a version or proposals from the United States of America. Second, some time ago, this agreement needs to be compared to see if it's the same agreement or something else. We will compare it. Our Deputy Prime Minister, Yulia Sviridenko, received it during bilateral contact with Mr. with the Secretary of the Treasury, with Mr. Bassman. I asked her some questions.
She said, it's very difficult to comment. This is a completely different document. There is a lot of stuff that was not mentioned. And also, there are some things that, well, let's say, previously, the parties have already rejected it. If it's a question of debts, well, if this issue is raised there, we will not accept the debts, as I have said. At least we are talking about the past.
Volodymyr Zelensky. If, again, I repeat, if there will be any perspectives, new support packages, then the United States of America can probably set certain conditions, understanding that this team will not do anything for us for free. Well, they officially say so.
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Chapter 5: What are Europe's strategies in response to Trump?
Now, this from the Washington Post as well. Europe now seeks leverage as Trump negotiates with Russia on Ukraine, if you even want to call it that. The sub headline is European officials say sanctions on Russia and plans for troops in Ukraine showed that they hold some cards, too. So
It's been clear, I think, in the view of Europe, as I've predicted before, that when Donald Trump was talking about a deal in Trump's mind, that meant that Trump would extract. And I say Trump, not the United States. Trump would steal the rare earth minerals from Zelensky and put him in like some sovereign wealth fund to benefit Trump and then sell out Ukraine and give it basically to Russia.
And I think Trump and Putin were discussing spheres of influence. The United States would want to annex and take over Canada and Greenland and Panama and areas in North America. Give Europe to Russia and then give Asia to China. I think that's what... Was discussed. It's my opinion. But then it seems consistent with what Trump's been saying about Canada and Greenland over and over again.
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And so Europe said, OK, well, we're going to build our own troops and our own defense support and we've got Ukraine's back. Now you got to contend with us. We're not going to let Ukraine just be taken over by Putin. He's coming to us next. European countries plan to send a military team to Ukraine this week.
to determine how many troops would be needed for the reassurance force and where they should be stationed. The Washington Post reports and they will confer with Ukraine on beefing up its army to hold a future front line. It's being reported that the European focus has also shifted to air and sea power as army chiefs point out the limitations of a large troop deployment.
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