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Trump's actions in Venezuela and Greenland may also be a mining play
Venezuela and Greenland are both sitting on vast reserves of minerals for the future of high-tech industries like artificial intelligence.
Director of the critical minerals security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Gracelin Baskaran joins Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to discuss the role these minerals play in current geopolitics in the western hemisphere.
This segment aired on January 8, 2026.