China's mineral stranglehold ignites panic: Vance declares critical elements deadlier than oil...?

JD Vance just told more than 50 nations that Washington is done playing defense on critical minerals. In a fiery speech in D.C., the vice president pitched a new trading bloc, promised price floors for key resources and tied it all to Trump’s “wildly successful” Venezuela operation and America’s oil past. With Project Volt creating the first U.S. critical mineral stockpile, is this the start of a new economic war over lithium, cobalt and rare earths?