> trying to turn Ukraine into basically colony (by demanding their resources forever)
Keep in mind it was Ukraine that proposed the idea of offering their resources back in October 2024[0]
0. https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/zelenskyys-victory-plan-ukr...
The general idea, sure. They offered that in return for security guarantees or as collateral for continued military aid.
That is not what is being offered them by this administration. Instead the administration has chosen the mafia shakedown route. American military aid to Ukraine to date amounts to around $100 billion dollars (and we're not talking stacks of cash here but rather the "value" of military hardware, much of which already had an expiration date and was literally designed and built for the Russia-invades-Europe scenario). But Trump is demanding $500 million from Ukraine, and offering zero in return. As of today many concessions have been demanded from Ukraine, but zero concessions have been asked of Russia - much the opposite actually.
> and we're not talking stacks of cash here but rather the "value" of military hardware, much of which already had an expiration date and was literally designed and built for the Russia-invades-Europe scenario
That's not true at all, US has sent billions of financial aid[0]. Compare that to Europe's aid which was majority in the form of loans, which Europe gets to collect interest on based off of frozen Russian assets.
It is zero in return and that's why Ukraine have not agreed to either of the two versions of the deal.
The vast majority of the aid is not financial aid, it's physical hardware.
$500 Billion, right?