Now, if it's car seats or if it's toys for girls, you know, like dolls or whatever, like, that's not the critical stuff. Rare earth minerals, very critical. Every single one of the smartphones in your pocket requires a combination of rare earth minerals, most of which are mined and sourced in Chinese Communist Party China. Not because we don't have them in the west, but because all my friends that I'm sure I'll get a question from you wonderful environmentalists, don't let us actually use our own rare earth minerals. (30:25–30:32)
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Asserts that most rare earth minerals for smartphones are sourced from China.
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