Comments by "Pantherparatrooper" (@506thparatrooper) on "Jason Jay Smart - Rare Earth Metals are Ukraine's Secret Weapon to Keep Trump Engaged in War Effort." video.

SecDef Hegseth comments at NATO Ukraine's contact group: "President Trump has been clear with the American people and with many of your leaders that stopping the fighting and reaching an enduring peace is a top priority. We will only end this devastating war and establish a durable peace by coupling Allied strength with a realistic assessment of the battlefield. We want like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine but we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. Lowering energy prices coupled with more effective enforcement of energy sanctions will help bring Russia to the table. Safeguarding European security must be an imperative of European members of NATO. As part of this Europe must provide the overwhelming share of future lethal and non-lethal aid to Ukraine. The United States faces consequential threats to our homeland. We must and we are focusing on the security of our own borders. We also face a peer competitor in the communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threat our homeland and core national interests in the indopacific. The US is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific. Our transatlantic alliance has endured for decades and we fully expect that it will be sustained for generations to come. But this won’t just happen. It will require our European allies to step into the arena and take ownership of conventional security on the continent. " 12 FEB 2025 NATO Ukraine Contact Group
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Jonathan always looks through a negative lens at President Trump. What was the transactional benefit to President Trump sending hundreds of US Soldiers and Javelin anti-armor missiles over most European allies' objections. Rare earth minerals defense applications are missile guidance & batteries (ATACMS, HIMARs, cruise, Patriot), fiber optics for defense communications, aircraft engines, range finders, lasers, night-vision goggles, precision weapons systems, etc. Almost all the US weapons sent Ukraine for 8 years. While China has control over almost all the other rare earth mineral mines worldwide.
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