When China threatened to weaponize critical minerals against the United States in response to President Trump's tariffs, they made one fatal miscalculation: they underestimated Donald J. Trump.
Now, deep in the frozen wilderness of northern Canada, American-allied mining operations are racing to execute on the President's vision to shatter Beijing's dangerous monopoly on the very minerals that keep our military flying, our missiles guiding, and our satellites watching. And Next News Network is heading directly into that remote terrain to bring you the footage the establishment press doesn't want you to see.
China's Terrifying Threat
Here's what the mainstream media conveniently forgot to mention when covering Trump's China tariffs: Beijing fired back with a threat that should send chills down the spine of every American patriot. They essentially said, "Go ahead with your tariffs — and we'll cut off your access to critical minerals."
These aren't just any minerals, folks. We're talking about the essential elements that fuel our fighter jets, power our missile guidance systems, run our satellites, and keep our entire defense network operational. Without them? The entire U.S. military industrial base grinds to a halt. Overnight.
Think the COVID supply chain crisis was bad? That was a preview. A trailer. What China and Russia could do by shutting off the mineral spigot entirely would be catastrophic beyond imagination.
Trump's Decisive Action
But President Trump saw this vulnerability immediately — and unlike the feckless Biden regime that left America dangerously exposed, he acted.
The President signed a sweeping executive order and launched a massive international summit, spearheaded by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, to build a powerful trading bloc specifically designed to break the Chinese-Russian stranglehold on critical minerals worldwide. This isn't theory. This isn't some white paper gathering dust in a Washington filing cabinet. This is national security infrastructure being built and executed in real time.
Make Mining Great Again isn't just a slogan — it's becoming reality.
Boots on the Ground
Next News Network's Gary Franchi is currently en route to see this operation firsthand. The journey takes him from Chicago O'Hare to Vancouver, then via regional jet to Smithers, Canada, and finally by helicopter deep into terrain where temperatures plunge to negative 30 degrees.
At the center of this investigation are companies like Vizla Copper and Saga Metals — the drill teams and mining operations working to restore North American mineral independence. These are the patriots ensuring that the United States of America is never again held hostage by hostile foreign adversaries who want to control our supply chains and dictate our national security posture.
Why This Matters to Every American
Let's be crystal clear about what's at stake here: without mineral independence, American sovereignty is a fantasy. China, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan — nations that do NOT have our best interests at heart — currently control resources essential to everything from the smartphone in your pocket to the F-35s protecting our skies.
President Trump understands this better than anyone in Washington. While the Deep State bureaucrats and globalist RINOs were content to let America remain dependent on adversaries, Trump is moving aggressively to secure our future.
This is what real leadership looks like. This is what "America First" means in practice — not just rhetoric, but action in some of the most remote and inhospitable terrain on the continent.
Stay tuned as this investigation unfolds. The mainstream media won't cover it. Big Tech might try to suppress it. But Next News Network is doing what real journalism demands: going directly to the source and showing you the truth.
The question every American should be asking: Why did it take until Trump's second term for anyone to take this threat seriously?