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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Roth in Washington

The heartlessness of the deal: how Trump’s ‘America first’ stance sold out Ukraine

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From left: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Photograph: Getty Images

In Donald Trump’s world, everything has its price.

There is no place for sentiment in his politics. Common values cannot secure loans for military aid. And the US president does not care who controls the blood-soaked soils of east Ukraine, so long as he can access the rare earth minerals that lie beneath.

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