Fuck the minerals. Besides our existing commitment according to the Budapest Memorandum, and supporting Ukraine simply being the right thing to do, this will lead to the fall of the US Dollar.
Trump’s play has always been robbing the table and cashing out before he gets caught. What’s he gonna do to escape repercussions? Declare bankruptcy?
Sure, but you're not a despotic fascist wannebe dictator who is going to loot the country while running it into the ground then run off with the wealth he has accumulated.
I worry that running off to Russia is a very dangerous thing to do. He's more vulnerable then and he's of no more value. It would not be a good idea I think.