China Just Cut Off Key Minerals — Jim Rickards Says America’s Hidden Asset Could Be the Only Answer
The former CIA advisor reveals how a Supreme Court ruling could help unleash trillions in domestic resources and break Beijing’s stranglehold
Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With tensions flaring over Taiwan and global supply chains, Beijing has quietly escalated its economic warfare. Last year, China restricted the export of minerals critical to U.S. industry — choking supplies of materials used in everything from AI chips to electric vehicles.
“China blocked the export of these critical minerals to the United States. Meaning if we don’t act – our whole economy could tip into crisis”, warned Jim Rickards in a released interview.
Rickards, who has advised the CIA, Pentagon, and four U.S. Presidents, likens the move to a modern-day oil embargo. “This reminds me of the 1970s, and the Arab Oil Embargo”
.A National “Endowment” Waiting to Be Unlocked
For decades, U.S. leaders have talked about reducing reliance on foreign resources. Rickards says the answer is already in place — hidden in plain sight.
The sheer size of this endowment, he explains, dwarfs even Washington’s biggest programs: “It’s enough to pay off the national debt, four-times over… take a 100% stake in every company listed on the NASDAQ… and buy every private home in the United States”.
Supreme Court Clears the Path
Until recently, environmental restrictions and bureaucratic red tape made it nearly impossible to tap into this wealth. That changed last year when Trump’s Supreme Court struck down a decades-old legal precedent.
Rickards says this ruling makes it possible to us to reopen access to massive deposits of critical minerals — potentially securing America’s independence from China’s chokehold.
More Than Just Minerals
Rickards insists this isn’t a handout, but a generational wealth shift. “It’s not some kind of government program like those Covid relief checks a few years back. But it is a chance for the average American to become richer than they ever imagined. And a chance for a few little-known companies to become household names, in the years ahead”
In his research, Rickards points to past examples where ordinary citizens turned small stakes into fortunes when government policy shifted. “Back in 1862, President Lincoln signed the ‘Homestead Act’… instantly granting any American citizen the right to claim 160 acres of public land for $18”
He believes today’s opportunity could be just as transformative — but this time in the stock market, fueled by minerals vital to AI, defense, and energy.
About Jim Rickards
Jim Rickards has advised the Treasury, CIA, and Pentagon, and was part of Nixon-era contingency planning during the Arab oil crisis. He helped shape the Petrodollar Accord, helped end the Iranian Hostage Crisis, and has built a reputation for forecasting major events.
“You predicted the 2008 financial crisis when many said it was impossible… You called Trump’s 2016 victory when polls gave him a 2% chance… And you even warned about the coming pandemic and lockdowns in early 2020”
Today, Rickards is sounding the alarm on what he calls the “American Birthright” — a hidden resource “endowment” he believes could decide whether America wins or loses its economic war with China.
Derek Warren Public Relations Manager Paradigm Press Group Email: dwarren@paradigmpressgroup.com
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