But building computers and cars and airplanes is less glamorous than designing them. As we embrace what was new and glamorous, we outsourced what seemed old and unfashionable. We allowed, for example, Mountain Pass and with it most of America's critical minarium mineral industry to wither and to die. so that we could focus on manufacturing. Then we outsourced the manufacturing. And I know this is a story I'm telling, but it's a story many of the advanced economies represented here today understand. (22:21–22:29)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. allowed its critical mineral industry, including Mountain Pass, to decline.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
