Congo’s desperate president offers Trump control of $24 trillion in minerals to bring peace in the region
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, has reached out directly to President Donald J. Trump with a historic proposal: help defeat a brutal rebel force terrorizing his nation, and in return, America will gain direct access to one of the world’s richest untapped troves of critical minerals—worth an estimated $24 trillion.
According to a letter obtained by The Wall Street Journal, President Tshisekedi offered Trump exclusive mining opportunities through the newly launched U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund, a Trump-led initiative aimed at reshaping global investment through pro-American partnerships.
“Your election has ushered in the golden age for America,” Tshisekedi wrote. “Our partnership would provide the U.S. with a strategic advantage by securing critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, copper and tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
The proposal comes just days after President Trump launched a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund, a key piece of his “America First 2.0” economic policy to reclaim supply chains from foreign adversaries like China. Tshisekedi’s plan offers the U.S. Fund exclusive mining opportunities, effectively locking China out of yet another crucial global resource hub.
And while the Biden administration spent four years groveling to China and funding international climate summits that led nowhere, Trump’s firm grip on foreign policy and energy independence is once again paying dividends.
The DRC sits on a goldmine, literally and figuratively, with the Panzi Foundation estimating its untapped reserves at over $20 trillion, according to Fox News.
According to the International Trade Administration:
The DRC has substantial untapped gold, cobalt, and high-grade copper reserves…
Cobalt, one of the key metals to produce electric vehicles, places the DRC in a strategic position for the energy transition. In 2022, the DRC was the world’s largest cobalt miner with a production of 130,000 tons, or nearly 68 percent of the world’s cobalt.
The DRC was the fourth largest producer of industrial diamonds in 2022 with a production of 4.3 million carats. The DRC has globally significant lithium deposits.
In exchange for this mineral windfall, Tshisekedi is asking for something no globalist or United Nations diplomat has managed to deliver: peace through strength. Specifically, the Congolese president is requesting a formal U.S. security pact to help repel the violent M23 rebel group—backed by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and accused of routing both Congolese troops and U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Congo.
M23 has gained control of cities rich in mineral wealth, and their campaign has turned into a brutal free-for-all in a region still reeling from the aftershocks of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
According to Wall Street Jouranl, the United Nations recently confirmed that Rwanda has dispatched 4,000 troops to back M23 and smuggled over 150 tons of coltan—used in nearly every smartphone and weapons system—from rebel-controlled mines. Yet, the global community has been largely silent.
In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Tshisekedi made his case directly to the American people, stating, “We want to extract these [$24 trillion untapped minerals] but also process them, as this would create a lot of jobs,” Tshisekedi told Baier. “And we want a partnership that will provide lasting peace and stability for our countries, which we need.”
Meanwhile, China remains deeply embedded in Congo’s infrastructure and mineral operations, with little regard for labor conditions or Congolese sovereignty.
Yet Tshisekedi downplayed any concerns about Chinese interference, signaling his preference for a transparent, fair, and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States.
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[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit.com]