President Donald Trump holds a roundtable discussion on American mining at the State Department on Friday, August 7.
Trump has worked in his second term to make America independent from relying on China for rare earths and critical minerals.
In May, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Breitbart News that mining and energy sector jobs were a “sure-fire, long-term career.”

By Breitbart News Network | Created at 2026-08-07 19:37:23 | Updated at 2026-08-07 20:53:28
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