| crissindahouse said: What was the reason for signing a raw material deal with USA? |
Desperation on Ukraine's part to try to get support from America because they really had no choice when Europe won't step up. It has backfired clearly, it might hurt Zelenskyy politically, a lot of Ukrainian polls show a lot of hatred towards Trump now. If Zelenskyy lets America pillage their country then Zaluzhynyi will likely win the next election.
The only thing I did read is that the minerals deal wasn't actually that much anyway and would take years to even start let alone see any results from it, so maybe Zelenskyy still played Trump because any consequences of the deal won't even be felt until the next US President if that is true, who may just decide to rip up the deal and offer something more favourable.
