President Trump just revealed his negotiation strategy with Ukraine and Russia by posting part of a Facebook post on the mineral rights deal with Ukraine and what that really means.

Below is the president’s post:

 
In case the Truth embed doesn’t show up, here’s the contents of his post:

Now, Zelenskyy will have no choice but to back down and accept Trump’s terms. But here’s the genius part—Trump is actually protecting Ukraine without dragging the U.S. into war.

By negotiating a mineral deal, Trump ensures that Americans will be involved in Ukraine’s mining industry. This prevents Russia from launching an invasion, because attacking Ukraine would mean endangering American lives—something that would force the U.S. to respond.

Trump played both sides like a master chess player. In the end, Zelenskyy will have no choice but to concede, because without U.S. support, Ukraine cannot win a prolonged war against Russia. And once U.S. companies have mining operations in Ukraine, Putin will be unable to attack without triggering massive international consequences.

Don’t underestimate Donald Trump. In this game of chess, he’s 10 moves ahead of everyone.

Exactly. And the fact that Zelensky is either too much of an idiot or too pig-headed to understand this just shows that he’s not the man for this moment of peace. He can be, however, if he changes his mind and goes along with this the deal.

The problem is that, assuming Putin didn’t realize what was going on here, he absolutely does now and I’m sure he doesn’t like it. But that’s just a concession he’s going to have to make because I think the deal is going to get done eventually.