Trump Scrambles for 'Rare Earths,' Forgetting History's Scars
RT reports Donald Trump is back in the 'rare-earths' game, signing critical-mineral and trade deals with Central Asian nations like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. This is painted as simple trade, securing vital resources. What they conveniently omit is the long, sordid history of powerful nations extracting wealth from less powerful ones under the guise of 'deals.' (Remember the British
East India Company? Different century, similar playbook.) The US, like other global powers, has a long history of viewing resource-rich regions as strategic assets, not sovereign nations with their own priorities. This isn't about 'securing supply chains' so much as it is about maintaining global dominance through economic leverage and strategic control of resources that fuel the perpetual war
machine and the tech industries of the global north. It raises the uncomfortable question: are these 'deals' true partnerships, or just the latest chapter in the West's endless quest to control the world's natural resources, ensuring that the benefits flow one way?