Summary
Donald Trump stated that U.S. aid to Ukraine should be compensated with $500 billion worth of its mineral resources, including rare earth elements.
He claimed Ukraine had “essentially agreed” to this arrangement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hinted at allowing U.S. access to these resources to maintain support.
The idea aligns with Ukraine’s “victory plan” for post-war recovery.
Trump’s comments drew criticism, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemning his approach as “very egotistic, very self-centered.”
Are you kidding? Trump is incredibly consistent: he simply does exactly what he thinks would most benefit him, personally, and fuck everybody else. No more, no less.
It’s only not an “understandable philosophy” in the sense that it’s so vile and shamelessly greedy that philosophers are too embarrassed to formalize it (and Ayn Rand doesn’t count).
“I just do what I want” isn’t a philosophy, because it doesn’t give guidance as to what someone else should do . It’s just childishness.
Even Randism / Objectivism stretches selfishness into “rich people should do what they want”. Trump doesn’t even get that far
I’ll grant that the orange felon is consistently selfish, though.