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A US$1.5 trillion defense budget isn\u2019t an accident; neither is the hunt for critical minerals, which the United States is fighting over with the same hunger it once reserved for oil. Under President Donald Trump, war has become more of a business plan than a matter of security. Strategic military moves are lining the pockets of Trump\u2019s friends and family with money. This includes the critical minerals rush to fatten Trump\u2019s profitable war machine.<\/p>\n

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Feeding the War Machine<\/h4>\n

On February 28, the US and Israel began a ruthless bombing campaign in Iran, killing<\/u> over 3,000 people in just 39 days, the majority of whom were civilians. Trump campaigned<\/u> on \u201cending wars,\u201d but instead has expanded military interventions and escalated new conflicts. In the first 11 months of his second term, Trump has bombed<\/u> seven countries: Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. He also threatened<\/u> to take over Greenland by force to create missile defense bases and mine for minerals.<\/p>\n

War-hungry Trump needs a powerful and constantly replenished arsenal, as his wars deplete weapon stockpiles. Military aggression in West Asia, particularly the war with Iran, has burned through the munitions faster than defense factories can replace them. The US used<\/u> over 45% of its Precision Strike Missiles, about half of its THAAD and Patriot PAC-3 interceptors, nearly one-third of its Tomahawks, and over a fifth of its JASSMs in its war with Iran. These weapons rely heavily on critical minerals, leaving the US desperate for more to rebuild.<\/p>\n

As exposed by the Oakland Institute in its recently released report<\/u>, a key driver of the current race for critical minerals is the military-industrial complex. Military spending in the United States is growing rapidly, and with it, the need for critical minerals. Trump\u2019s 2027 defense budget is a shocking US$1.5 trillion, almost twice the 2023 budget. The only thing a budget this large signifies is plans for future military expansion and campaigns. To support this growth, up to US$100 billion was allocated<\/u> to the Department of War by Trump\u2019s \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act\u201d to produce critical minerals and related industries and projects.<\/p>\n

AI, Critical Minerals, and Modern Warfare<\/h4>\n

This record-high military budget isn\u2019t just for building more of the same defense machines. The military is expanding its tech capabilities, with a plan for an \u201c.\u201d The Trump administration has declared<\/u> that its priority is to secure critical minerals for \u201cvital national security and economic activities, including rising military threats and growing high-tech industries, such as artificial intelligence, data centers, nuclear energy, and new energy technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n

This web between the government, tech and AI corporations, mining companies, venture capital firms, and military institutions has emerged around a common goal: securing critical minerals and advancing the use of AI in the military.<\/p>\n

In 2022, the Pentagon awarded<\/u> US$9 billion of contracts to Google, Oracle, Microsoft, and Amazon to develop and manage the US military\u2019s cloud computing infrastructure. In addition, the Department of War has administered<\/u> US$75 billion to AI-driven programs and another US$9 billion to data centers since 2016. Since 2020, the Pentagon\u2019s contracts with AI firms have grown exponentially, with Palantir Technologies and Anduril Industries seeing the fastest growth<\/u>. Palantir was the lead contractor on the Maven Smart System<\/u>, which enabled the US military to sift through large volumes of data and rapidly select targets on the battlefield. The US used Maven in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen, despite grave concerns<\/u> about its accuracy. The Pentagon has still not answered whether AI systems like Maven played a role<\/u> in the massacre at Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls School in Iran, where the US bombed and murdered 156 people, the majority being young schoolgirls.<\/p>\n

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Cronyism at Large<\/h4>\n

Expanding the military-industrial complex has created unprecedented opportunities for Trump\u2019s inner circle to profit. Business partners, family members, and close friends and associates have secured lucrative government contracts and preferential access to exclusive military and mineral ventures.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump Jr. was heavily involved<\/u> in selecting candidates for Pentagon jobs in 2025. Soon after, companies that his firm, 1789 Capital, had invested in\u2014such as Vulcan Elements<\/u>, Firehawk Aerospace, SpaceX, and Anduril\u2014secured contracts with the Pentagon<\/u>. Likewise, Trump\u2019s sons are proprietors of a shell corporation that has invested in a New York-based mining investment group, Cove Capital, which is working on a US$1.6 billion tungsten project in Kazakhstan, granted by the Trump administration. US Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) correctly called it \u201ccorruption in plain sight<\/u>.\u201d<\/p>\n

By gaining access to more critical minerals, Trump can expand the war machine and, in turn, make a profit. His administration has shown it will stop at nothing to achieve that. A March 2026 leaked<\/u> memo from the US State Department included a proposal to withhold lifesaving HIV assistance to Zambia if its government denied access to the country\u2019s critical minerals.<\/p>\n

The Human and Environmental Price<\/h4>\n

Beyond the abuse of power, the US takeover of critical minerals comes with devastating impacts on the land and Indigenous communities. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned<\/u> that mining has \u201csevere environmental impacts\u201d with \u201coften [\u2026] few if any redistributive benefits for communities in regions where extraction takes place.\u201d Instead of local development, the extraction of strategic minerals is linked<\/u> to violence, human rights abuses, and conflict. None of these repercussions are a matter of concern for the Trump administration. Conflict and destabilization, in fact, help secure access and control over critical minerals, as evident in Congo.<\/p>\n

This web between the government, tech and AI corporations, mining companies, venture capital firms, and military institutions has emerged around a common goal: securing critical minerals and advancing the use of AI in the military. This should be an urgent concern for people around the world, as the hunt for critical minerals will deepen extractivism, militarization, and geopolitical competition at a time when our focus should be on ending conflicts, securing peace, and international cooperation to fight climate change. The administration has also turned its back on Americans in the hunt for critical minerals and the strengthening of the war machine; Trump has drained<\/u> funding from sectors like education, climate change, healthcare, and science. If this disregard for everyone and everything remains unchecked, irreversible damage will occur to the planet and the people of the world.<\/p>\n

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