A Rattled Market, A Defiant President: Trump Draws a Red Line on Rare Earths Move

A warning across the Pacific… In a lengthy TRUTH Social message, President Trump accused China of a sudden and hostile move — an attempt, he said, to strangle the world’s access to critical minerals through new export restrictions. “China’s hostility ‘came out of nowhere,’” he wrote, describing the nation’s bid to tighten control over its rare earth supply chain — the minerals that power energy grids, defense systems, and the engines of modern industry. “I have always felt that they’ve been lying in wait, and now, as usual, I have been proven right! There is no way that China should


