Trump’s “America First” Alaska Mining Deal Kind of Feels Like Socialism

08/10/2025 12 min
Trump’s “America First” Alaska Mining Deal Kind of Feels Like Socialism

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LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured  Trump’s $35 million investment in an Alaskan mining company sounds patriotic—but it’s crossing into dangerous territory. In this episode:How the Trump administration took a 10% government stake in Trilogy Metals—and an option for moreWhy “fighting China” shouldn’t mean becoming China with government-owned industriesThe long history of public-private “partnerships” that enrich the elite while taxpayers take the riskHow socialism always benefits the wealthy—from Carnegie to “too big to fail” to today’s Big ClubWhy government should permit business, not own it—and how this move blurs conservative linesEven if the goal is national security, government equity in private companies is socialism in disguise—and it’s a bad look for an administration that promised to drain the swamp.

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