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Trump is using Hamilton's playbook to fight China's minerals monopoly. DOD loans, price guarantees, equity stakes—the American System of public credit is back. Here's how it works.
eBook: What President Trump Can Do With The American System 2.0
China didn't just outcompete America on critical minerals—it used predatory pricing to deliberately bankrupt U.S. operations like Mountain Pass. Meanwhile, Bank of England-led climate finance restrictions choked off credit to energy-intensive industries. The result? The U.S. now depends on adversaries for the minerals that run its economy and military.
The Trump Administration is fighting back—and the playbook isn't new. It's the American System.
DOD loans to MP Materials ($150M) and Vulcan Elements ($620M). A $10B Export-Import Bank loan for "Project Vault." Price guarantees and allied coordination through FORGE. Equity stakes in MP Materials ($400M), Trilogy Metals (10%), and Lithium Americas (5%).
These aren't bailouts. They're public credit tools—affordable loans, guaranteed price floors, and government equity stakes—designed to expand U.S. mining, processing, and manufacturing capacity. It's the same approach Alexander Hamilton used to industrialize a fledgling nation and FDR used to mobilize the Arsenal of Democracy.
Credit isn't debt. It's investment in future productivity. And it's how America wins the minerals war.
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00:00 Trump and Hamilton
01:44 Tools for Minerals
02:30 Loans Price Floors Equity
05:38 China Predatory Pricing
08:15 London Climate Credit
11:00 American System Public Credit
11:28 Hamilton to the RFC
14:37 Wrap Up and Call
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