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With Sovereign Wealth Fund, Trump Seeks to Strengthen Nation

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There is no greater betrayal by the U.S. government than failing to protect the safety and security of the American people. But this, in fact, was the case prior to Trump, because Washington abdicated its responsibility to protect and develop all-important rare earth elements that are critically necessary in the production of high-tech military weapons systems, like F-16, F-22 and F-35 jet fighters, drones, and AI-driven systems. Rather, the U.S. has become dependent on China.

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With Sovereign Wealth Fund, Trump Seeks to Strengthen Nation

Information Economics: George Gilder’s “Life After Capitalism”

On Free Trade, Let’s Go All the Way with the U.K.

How Trump Can Simultaneously Strengthen America’s Financials and Its National Security

This Should Be Trump’s Top Trade Priority

The Virtues of the “Knowledge Theory of Value”

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