Rechnerhand
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August needs to examine his own post.
"The US is not desperate for anything is this world...."
They will be, if they don't find alternative sources of rare earths and Lithium than getting it from China, which is why they are inking the rare earths deal and why they approached us for Manono."
"We will walk away from deals that does not advance our national interests"
Making sure they have alternate access to Lithium etc is advancing their National Interests. This is a strategic play.
This is all about advancing the national interests of the US.
... alternate access ...
So to speak when you go back in 2024 you'll find this comment by a buddy of Trump that stated "Reacting to reports of rising lithium prices, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company could mine and refine lithium directly at scale. He explained that in reality there is no shortage of this element, since it is present almost everywhere on Earth".
Pretty easy.