[PIF]

The world’s largest deposit of rare earths is in the US... closed by Clinton... now nature study area or some such.

[Former Proud Canadian]

You, sir, are correct. There are plenty of "rare earth" deposits in North America, including the one you mentioned. It has been easier to let the Chinese do the dirty, expensive job of refining the ore. Until now.

A half a billion dollars puts that mine back into play. Seems like a very cheap investment in national security to me. Don't count on Hussein to do it. He will be too busy dodging impeachment next year.