The US is preparing for a resource blockade: Trump launches "Project Vault"

​Washington allocates $12 billion for the emergency purchase of a strategic stockpile of rare metals. The goal is to remove the American industry from the "Chinese needle" and create a reserve of metals without which the production of chips, electric cars and modern weapons is impossible.

This is a direct signal that the White House is waiting for an aggravation. China controls the processing of most resources, and the United States urgently insures itself in case Beijing decides to close the export tap and collapse the western supply chain.