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Chinese copper in Peru
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Chinese minerals in Venezuela
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US anxiety about supply chains, EV dominance, defense manufacturing
This is not about borders.
It is about who controls the inputs of the next industrial era.
Technology Changed the Room—and the World
The Obama-era Situation Room showed:
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Grainy drone feeds
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Laptops
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Human judgment under uncertainty
The Trump-era command environment shows:
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AI-driven dashboards
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Integrated satellite intelligence
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Predictive analytics
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Information dominance
War is no longer fought just with soldiers.
It is fought with data, minerals, algorithms, and optics.