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| African war-torn nation invokes Trump ‘golden age' for minerals deal in exchange for booting violent rebels |
| 2025-03-22 |
| [FoxNews] The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo sent a letter to President Donald Trump offering a minerals deal in exchange for a security agreement with the U.S. that would remove violent rebels from the war-torn nation. "Your election has ushered in the golden age for America," President Félix Tshisekedi wrote in February to Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. "Our partnership would provide the U.S. with a strategic advantage by securing critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, copper and tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo." The Congo has over $20 trillion worth of minerals available, according to the Congo-based Panzi Foundation, including gold and copper. The African country is also the world’s largest producer of cobalt, which is essential for defense and aerospace applications, and a main component in the batteries of many electric vehicles and cellphones. Tshisekedi seeks to strike a "formal security pact" so Congo's army can defeat a Rwandan-backed rebel group called M23 in exchange for a minerals deal, the Wall Street Journal reported. The letter did not provide details on what a potential security pact would look like or operate. Related: Democratic Republic of Congo: 2025-03-17 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 16, 2025 Democratic Republic of Congo: 2025-03-09 Widespread killing, rape, disease and war make Democratic Republic of Congo hell on earth Democratic Republic of Congo: 2025-02-28 DRC: deadly explosion at M23 rally wounds dozens, rebel leaders say Related: Minerals 03/20/2025 Trump floats shock nuclear deal with Ukraine in call with Zelensky Minerals 03/18/2025 VDH-What Are the Left's Solutions for the Problems They Created? Minerals 03/16/2025 Ecuador pitches US military base and free trade deal to Trump allies, sources say |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 It would not be as hard as people think to improve things there unless we plan to do it the same way that we’ve tried using NGOs, USAID, the Clinton’s Global Initiative and/or the Military Industrial Complex. Erik Prince probably has a workable plan that he can execute within six months. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-03-22 13:32 |
| #4 Stay the fok out of it. When will they ever learn ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-03-22 13:31 |
| #3 Here we go again - America - the World's Policeman... only this time we get paid for it? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-03-22 10:43 |
| #2 What goes around, comes around. Hessians, paid in precious metals. Economics of the Roman army |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-22 09:21 |
| #1 Trump uses wartime powers to boost mineral production |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-21 05:57 |