Dang man… I didn't know Trump was in office then. You can't even get your basic dates right for an argument your trying to pick but the facts are clear that China’s grip is slipping. If it wasn't they wouldn't have plunged the price of rare earths earlier this year and the US government placed a huge order for MP materials to prevent China from doing what it did last time at that mine when it was owned by Moly Corp and was bankrupted by the Chinese price manipulation