China has the USA/West over a barrel.

Without rare earths supply the US military industrial combine is broke. The US cannot fight a war with China or anyone without rare earths.

Trump started a trade war with China but China had prepared by investing in dominating global rare earths supply chains and now Trump must Beg for continued access to rare earths supply chains.

Libertarian nonsense that free markets always deliver better results than government involvement and investment in strategic markets has been demonstrably proven complete and utter bullshit.

Thoughts? Silence? Libertarians confronted with reality have nothing to say. They are deluded misguided extremists who do not understand the real world.