On Thursday, Ukraine and the United States signed a much-anticipated deal involving rare-earth minerals that will be used to further the end of the war with Russia. The fundamentals of the agreement are said to give the U.S. preferential access to new minerals deals in Ukraine which will also be used to aid the war-torn country’s reconstruction.
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Saturday that the deal is a good one because it “really gets to what Trump Doctrine is — a demilitarized foreign policy.”
“You’re not getting U.S. boots on the ground. You are getting a U.S. vital interest created in your country. And we expect to tighten those bonds over time as we process those resources together. We also get to block out China, which is predatorial in this area,” he said during an appearance on “Saturday Report.”
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