US President Donald Trump told world business leaders on Thursday to manufacture in the United States or face tariffs, in his first major speech to global leaders since returning to the White House this week. … “Come make your product in America and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth,” Trump said today, speaking remotely to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
“But if you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then very simply you will have to pay a tariff,” he added.
There aren’t even natural reserves for every mineral/gas/etc in the US. A lot of the more advanced ones go into making computer chips, let alone their coveted Stargate AI chips. Setting up manufacturing/processing sites for each one based on imported raw materials isn’t a sudden feasible 4 year project either (yes yes I know assuming 4 years is all this crap lasts)
That’s why he wants Greenland.