Ukraine sits on trillions worth of minerals. US politicians want them.

Ukraine is “sitting on a trillion dollars worth of minerals that could be good to our economy“, said US Senator Lindsey Graham as he stood next to Zelensky in Kiev. Ben Norton discusses how Western politicians and corporations want to exploit Ukrainian natural resources, to profit and to weaken the role of China and Russia in critical supply chains. Sources and more information here: Zelensky is literally selling Ukraine to US corporations on Wall Street: West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: Topics 0:00 US Senator Lindsey Graham wants Ukraine’s minerals 4:19 Ukraine has tens of trillions of dollars worth of natural resources 5:34 China and critical minerals supply chain 7:10 USA wants Ukraine to replace China in minerals supply chain 8:03 Wall Street is buying up Ukraine 9:13 (Clip) Zelensky’s love letter to Western corporations 10:58 NATO fights Russia to the last Ukrainian 11:46 Study: foreign intervention is 100 times more likely in country with oil 14:22 Geopolitics of NATO proxy war on Russia in Ukraine 17:58 Afghanistan’s resources and $1 trillion of minerals 24:31 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at Patreon: Podcast: Newsletter: