Trump promised that the U.S. would have an oversupply of rare earths within one year.

Turkey set a flag: within one year, the US will have more rare earths than it can use

It is common for Western politicians to make empty promises.

On the 20th, US President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Albanese signed an $8.5 billion critical minerals agreement.

At a subsequent press conference, Trump told reporters that within one year, the US would have "a surplus of rare earths and critical minerals that it wouldn't know what to do with."

Well, I'm sure everyone has seen this old news in recent days: in 2010, there was a report that then-US President Obama was developing an emergency plan to reduce over-reliance on Chinese rare earths.

Now, 15 years later, has the US managed to get rid of its reliance on Chinese rare earths? Everyone can see it clearly.

In fact, this news from 2010 was just one of many examples of American talk without action. According to the information we have found, as early as his first term, Trump had already included rare earths in the Defense Production Act, and also restarted domestic rare earth mining and built magnet factories.

But after so many years, the US is still importing Chinese rare earths and related products, and the so-called "reducing dependence on China" remains just words on the lips.

Therefore, it's easy to imagine how untrustworthy Trump's promise that "the US will have more rare earths than it can use within one year" is.

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846566326664391/

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