Posted on 03/22/2025 9:19:58 PM PDT by Red Badger
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, has reached out directly to President Donald J. Trump with a historic proposal: help defeat a brutal rebel force terrorizing his nation, and in return, America will gain direct access to one of the world’s richest untapped troves of critical minerals—worth an estimated $24 trillion.
According to a letter obtained by The Wall Street Journal, President Tshisekedi offered Trump exclusive mining opportunities through the newly launched U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund, a Trump-led initiative aimed at reshaping global investment through pro-American partnerships.
“Your election has ushered in the golden age for America,” Tshisekedi wrote. “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 proposal comes just days after President Trump launched a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund, a key piece of his “America First 2.0” economic policy to reclaim supply chains from foreign adversaries like China. Tshisekedi’s plan offers the U.S. Fund exclusive mining opportunities, effectively locking China out of yet another crucial global resource hub.
And while the Biden administration spent four years groveling to China and funding international climate summits that led nowhere, Trump’s firm grip on foreign policy and energy independence is once again paying dividends.
The DRC sits on a goldmine, literally and figuratively, with the Panzi Foundation estimating its untapped reserves at over $20 trillion, according to Fox News.
According to the International Trade Administration:
The DRC has substantial untapped gold, cobalt, and high-grade copper reserves…
Cobalt, one of the key metals to produce electric vehicles, places the DRC in a strategic position for the energy transition. In 2022, the DRC was the world’s largest cobalt miner with a production of 130,000 tons, or nearly 68 percent of the world’s cobalt.
The DRC was the fourth largest producer of industrial diamonds in 2022 with a production of 4.3 million carats. The DRC has globally significant lithium deposits.
In exchange for this mineral windfall, Tshisekedi is asking for something no globalist or United Nations diplomat has managed to deliver: peace through strength. Specifically, the Congolese president is requesting a formal U.S. security pact to help repel the violent M23 rebel group—backed by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and accused of routing both Congolese troops and U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Congo.
M23 has gained control of cities rich in mineral wealth, and their campaign has turned into a brutal free-for-all in a region still reeling from the aftershocks of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
According to Wall Street Jouranl, the United Nations recently confirmed that Rwanda has dispatched 4,000 troops to back M23 and smuggled over 150 tons of coltan—used in nearly every smartphone and weapons system—from rebel-controlled mines. Yet, the global community has been largely silent.
In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Tshisekedi made his case directly to the American people, stating, “We want to extract these [$24 trillion untapped minerals] but also process them, as this would create a lot of jobs,” Tshisekedi told Baier. “And we want a partnership that will provide lasting peace and stability for our countries, which we need.”
Meanwhile, China remains deeply embedded in Congo’s infrastructure and mineral operations, with little regard for labor conditions or Congolese sovereignty.
Yet Tshisekedi downplayed any concerns about Chinese interference, signaling his preference for a transparent, fair, and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States.
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And again, No.
I trust the Congolese more than any democrat.
Amen!
This actually gives me hope.
They are reaching out for a real business relationship, that they feel would benefit both countries. It wouldn’t be in the 19’th century exploitive colonial model but a 21’st century Trumpian model of mutual benefit. Heck, Congo could become a popular tourist destination later in the century dotted with casinos.
funny thing I shared that 100 note to my daughter that is graduating collage and is going into nursing school soon. If you’re not a gen X or older they do not know that 100 Tillion dollar notes are worth less than a single sheet of toilet paper
I sent her links about just printing money, but she also does not know history of what Germany went through post WWI
She is 22 years old
should I press the issue of historical education
Or just let it ride? We are on good terms now and I’m only alive for future grandchildren. I know it sounds bad, but I know the meaning of life. I discovered this out, many years ago like 3 decades ago and am still waiting for grandchildren
I must blame myself I only had 2 children but wanted 3
I would have if not the Devorce
Watch out for the CIA to mess it up.
LOL
Within 5 years, some nation might have an army of killer robots policing the Congo. The robots might be digging in the mines, or they might be wrangling the slaves.
Member of my extended family travels frequently to Eastern Congo. He founded the 15,000 sq kilometer Okapi Preserve there. He’s the world’s authority on that elusive animal
About 7 years ago, he had 7 of his people and several Okapis killed by rebels
The natives are the Mtubi pygmy tribe. None of them are over 5 ft tall, and so it’s a bit of a mismatch
The Congolese government now has a full time police force to keep it from happening again
Sorry, no. We’re not willing to send American soldiers off to die for mineral rights in an African shithole. We will get the minerals elsewhere. The US military is not for hire nor is it a for profit enterprise.
“Sorry, no. We’re not willing to send American soldiers off to die for mineral rights in an African shithole. We will get the minerals elsewhere. The US military is not for hire nor is it a for profit enterprise.”
Aside from the fact we would have to occupy it forever. There is no fixing their culture, as soon as we we bring peace and leave they will be right back at it again. They will never stop their cultural insanity.
Plus another verse to add to “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner”.
Why should someone of color ask a straight white male for anything?
Why can’t the Congo ask Wakanda for assistance?
Stay out of Africa. It’s a black hole
Too bad the Wagner group is gone. It would have been right up their alley. How about the French Foreign Legion?
If he can write checks of those mineral rights, why not build an army of foreign mercenaries to clean things up?
To use our volunteer military for such an enterprise would be the death of our forces and patriotism, already waining from 24 years of endless useless wars that impoverished our children.
“ We can provide the weapons and train their soldiers here in the U.S. how to use them but not one of our soldiers should set foot on their soil.”
We do that already. We create the best coups and dictatorships across Africa.
It’s highly likely to be true. Congo has tons of minerals that make money for mining companies
Move over Canada, Congo will become the 51st state!
Hence the problem.
If China runs these open pit mines which are basically modern slavery. NOBODY CARES.
However, IF Trump and Elon take over they will immediately become the plantation owners.
Then every MSM company will send a correspondent there to do a story on the conditions in these cobalt mines.
Then we will see 24/7 the children born with birth defects.
Cleft pallets, missing and deformed limbs
Yes, Congo has the largest reserves of cobalt in the world plus diamonds and lots of other minerals.
This is why the Chinese are heavily invested there. They can get away with exploiting the people and the country.
We can not
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