African war-torn nation invokes Trump ‘golden age’ for minerals deal in exchange for booting violent rebels
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo sent a letter to President Donald Trump offering a minerals deal in exchange for a security agreement with the U.S. that would remove violent rebels from the war-torn nation. ‘Your election has ushered in the golden age for America,’ President Félix Tshisekedi wrote in February to Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. ‘Our partnership would provide the U.S. with a strategic advantage by securing critical minerals...