So President Trump understood that, was very, very, very bothered by it, that the American people are just out of pocket on this, without any means of any kind of repayment whatsoever. And so This minerals deal is a way for the American people to get some form of not return, but some kind of a repayment based on the taxpayer dollars that have been expended. and used to pay for someone else's government to be run, to pay for someone else's infrastructure, even outside of all of the weapons system, while we still have communities here who have failing infrastructure, who have poisonous water. (48:54–49:07)
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Asserts that the minerals deal with Ukraine is intended as a form of repayment for U.S. taxpayer dollars spent on aid.
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