Trump's fight with Zelensky shows US considers Ukraine a colony, exploiting its minerals

Donald Trump's fight with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House reflected how the US treats Ukraine as a colony. Trump is demanding control of the country's rare earths and critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and build tech products. Trump wants to be paid $350 billion, roughly twice Ukraine's GDP. Ben Norton discusses Washington's economic colonialism, and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's comments that "this war is about money" and the USA will "enrich ourselves with rare earth minerals". Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/02/trump-ukraine-us-economic-colony-minerals/ Check out our related video on Trump's attempt to divide Russia and China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJIymzuRGU Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Trump fights with Zelensky 0:21 Trump treats Ukraine like a colony 1:07 (CLIP) Trump: Ukraine has no cards 1:51 Throwing Ukraine under the bus 2:14 Economic colonialism 3:36 (CLIP) Trump wants Ukraine's rare earths 4:43 Lindsey Graham says quiet part loud 4:58 (CLIP) Ukraine has trillions in minerals 5:34 US wants minerals 6:03 (CLIP) Graham: "This war is about money" 6:53 Colonialism 7:05 Toxic effects of rare earth elements 8:42 US attacks China in supply chains 9:54 Dividing Russia & China 10:22 (CLIP) Trump: split Russia from China 10:40 Making weapons 11:10 (CLIP) Trump: make tech & weapons 11:43 USA targets China 12:31 Trump's Ukraine mineral demands 14:20 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent 14:48 US-Ukraine fund 16:57 How much will USA be paid? 18:03 Zelensky proposed mineral stake 19:01 US Fed oversees Iraq's oil revenue 20:07 Billionaires run Trump admin 20:36 Kissinger: fatal to be US ally 21:10 What does Ukraine get? 22:32 (CLIP) Trump on military support 23:29 Trump boasts of arming Ukraine 24:20 (CLIP) Trump on Ukraine aid 24:36 False $350 billion aid claim 26:41 Why Zelensky was angry 27:08 JD Vance, Peter Thiel puppet 27:39 (CLIP) JD Vance: thank the US empire 28:06 Ukraine "card game" 28:26 (CLIP) Trump gives orders to Ukraine 28:38 Trump erases US culpability 29:37 (CLIP) Trump: thank US military 29:55 Trump boasts of Javelin missiles 30:27 (CLIP) Trump vs Obama on Ukraine 31:00 NATO fought to the last Ukrainian 31:19 (CLIP) The last Ukrainians 31:30 US hypocrisy 31:56 Lindsey Graham attacks Zelensky 32:37 (CLIP) Graham on Zelensky 33:01 Ukraine as a US "investment" 33:47 (CLIP) US tells Zelensky to resign 33:54 True face of USA 34:07 WWII UK debt with US 35:11 It's fatal to be a US "ally" 36:26 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com