Trump learns how to fend off the Chinese threat like he is reading Sun Tzu
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Trump signs $8-billion rare earth deal with Australia and makes deals with Thailand and Malaysia, but China's critical mineral dominance threatens U.S. national security.
Daniel N. Hoffman has been a Fox News contributor since May 2018. Before joining Fox News, Hoffman had a distinguished career with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was a three-time station chief and a senior executive Clandestine Services officer. Follow him on Twitter @danielhoffmanDC.
If there was one thing I learned at CIA, especially when it came to counterterrorism operations, it's that our allies can be a tremendous force multiplier for our sacred mission of keeping our country safe from those who seek to do us harm.
Today, the Trump administration is applying a similar strategy for ensuring secure critical minerals supply chains and de-risking from Communist China, which is the world's leading miner and processor of rare earths. China has made it a practice of extorting its commercial adversaries by restricting its exports of critical minerals.
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