Buying stock

Under Trump, the US government is taking an equity position in private companies. In the past the government has bailed out companies in auto and aviation by offering loans and in other cases subsidies, to companies like Boeing, which has received $15 billion since 2000. Trump, being a businessman, has instead of subsidies, purchased stock in companies. In Aug 2025 the US government purchased $10 billion in Intel stock rather than giving them a subsidy. The stock price when purchased was $20 and today it is $43 so the government, could sell the stock and double its investment in just 18 months. There have been ten other companies where the government is buying stock instead of offering loans and/or subsidies. The most recent buy in is the purchase of ten percent of the stock in US Rare Earths, a company which is operating the only US rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, CA. Instead of just mining the company will also process rare earths. This is happening because China is using its monopoly on rare earths to negotiate in other areas like trade. It is all part of a long-range policy of bringing products back home to shorten supply chains and for national defense. The American people do not want their pharmaceuticals, among other things, made in China.