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Cake day: June 3rd, 2025

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  • “Copper is necessary for Semiconductors, Aircraft, Ships, Ammunition, Data Centres, Lithium-ion Batteries, Radar Systems, Missile Defence Systems, and even, Hypersonic Weapons, of which we are building many,” Mr Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

    The US depends on imports for nearly half of its refined copper needs, and brought in 810,000 metric tons in 2024, according to the US Geological Survey.

    Sounds like exactly the kind of resource you should go out of your way to make more expensive and more difficult to acquire. /s