America’s reliance on cobalt was cemented this year after President Biden signed an executive order that established his administration’s goal to have electric and other zero-emissions vehicles make up half of new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. by 2030.
But what does this have to do with Hunter Biden?
As the Daily Signal notes: “Cobalt is one of the most important components of electric car batteries, solar panels, and other conduits for renewable energy.” These are critical for Joe Biden’s new clean energy mandate.
But in 2016, when his father was Vice President under Barack Obama, Hunter Biden was involved in selling one of the world’s richest cobalt mines, which was American-run in Africa.
According to the reporting by the New York Times, Hunter helped facilitate the sale of the U.S.-operated cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo to a Chinese company.
The Daily Signal explains:
China understands what’s at stake, and controlling cobalt mines is a severe blow to Americans’ ability to invest in renewable energy technology. In fact, it jeopardizes our ability to prioritize domestic innovation and adopt green energy at a faster rate.
At the time of the sale, the Obama administration, with Joe Biden as vice president, was aware of cobalt’s importance to the global economy, but did nothing to intervene in Hunter Biden’s Beijing-backed transaction.
Bottom line – Joe Biden’s latest clean energy initiative makes Americans dependent on China for cobalt—in large part due to his son Hunter’s actions while Joe was Vice President.
But this 2016 sale isn’t the only danger posed by Hunter. As the Daily Signal writes, Hunter:
…has made a fortune capitalizing on his life as Joe Biden’s son to peddle influence and line his pockets. For months, Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee have been investigating and demanding answers into Hunter Biden’s intent to sell his amateur artwork, possibly to influencers in adversaries such as China and Russia, for exorbitant prices.
The White House’s decision to abide by purchasers’ anonymity deserves scrutiny and remains a national security concern.
When the GOP retakes the House, and possibly the Senate as well, later this year, it is imperative that the Congressional investigations into the Biden family corruption still endangering U.S. national security ramps up as well.
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I don’t understand how people keep supporting Biden or his family.
Communist Braindead stupidity of the democrats
Because they’re blinded by his lies, like Delaware was for 47 years, the guy is an expert and pathological liar, he’s selling America right now, we have a crook and traitor for president, but don’t worry he’s a multimillionaire, that is, was his goal.
While I agree the Bidens are totally corrupt, just like the Clintons and all the other corrupt politicians, nothing will ever come of it because they own too many people and know where all the dead bodies are buried. Sad, but true reality of just how corrupted our political system has become. Politicians have been corrupt ever since there have been politicians, but the extent to which this corruption by the current regime has gone is the most severe and life threatening this country has ever seen or experienced. And guess what, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, if it ever does!
It never will, we’re getting the government we brought on ourselves when we forgot God and his commandments, that and the will of Christians to be sheep instead of God’s warriors, life is too easy still.
joe and hunter need to be executed !
HUNTER WAS ALREADY EXECUTED AT GITMO. CHECK OUT ‘REAL RAW NEWS’.
BIDEN’S DESERVES SAME
LISTEN UP….WHEN is PREZ BIDEN Going to be IMPEACHED???? HE is G ETTING AWAY with a LAUNDRY List of THINGS. WHICH of YOU REPUBLICANS is MAN Enough to Give BIDEN the SAME MEDICiNE THEY gave to TRUMP. STEP UP to the PLATE. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄😇😇😇
Hunter Biden is Employed by China and so is Joe! Any more Questions?
Good. Maybe that will scrap the Green New Deal.
Pedo Joe has allowed Hunter to sell America out to every Nation that HATES America. The Democraps say NOTHING or try to stop thing IGNORANCE because they HATE America. Had any Republican even the FAKE Republicans and RINOS had a child do as Hunter has done they would be hanged for TREASON. This story shows that Democraps have been CHEATING themselves in power for much longer than America thought. We all KNOW that Pedo Joe and the Ho were CHEATED in office.
Is the Woke U.S. military going too let the democrat commie Marxist party destroy America, if so, what have they been fighting and dying for all these past years?
Just Like The USA Farm Lands China Has Been Buying Up . Unto The USA American People Join Together As One , These Democrats Will Still Be In Control , Knowing Biden And Harris Never Won The Election The Biden’s , Harris ,Obama , Psaki , Pelosi Should Be In Prison For What They Have Done To The USA And The American People And Every Illegal Needs To Be Sent Right Back To Their Own Country Starting With Obama & Harris . I Have Sat Back And Watch So Much Dirty Mined Democrats Destroy The USA OF AMERICA . All They Have Cared About Is Becoming Rich And Richer . Remember Nixon Look What Happen To Him Because Of Water Gate . Now These Democrats Are Even Worst Then Nixon And Nothing Is Being Done About Any Of These Democrats . They Should Not Even Be In Office None Of Them Won The Election They Have Know Say Over Anything Except Prison Cells This Is Call Terrorist People Over Taking The USA OF AMERICA …. Such A Shame What happen To The USA Federal Government And The USA Military To Step In And Place Hunter Biden In Prison With The Rest Of These Terrorist Democrats
Cant we mine our own resources??
Always China
We don’t have the cobalt resources that the Congo has. One reason the Congo was such big news back in 1960 is that it had 60% of the world’s known resources of cobalt at the time. Has anything changed since then?
Dimensha is only curtains under Obama’s third term. Respect of America was failed in 2008 to 2016. Now with all cheated election of 2020 this ” administration?” continuing to destroy America was starting with obama. Every single day America losing values inside by having many inventors and haters inside government,who reelect themselves. About world’ s respect is going to drain. Escaped from Afghanistan and cost, reducales deal with all terrorists ( paid them millions every single week?? ) Iran and Afghanistan are damanding …. Too much attention to Russia and Ukraine ? ( Time to realize KGB Putin will take back all former territories of Soviet union- it’s clear) Big Question for world and useless American’ s administration :How about CCP chines who invented whole world and now We’re all find every single day how many politicians from both parties are benefits from China, how many military”chefs” selling us to China. When will be if ever any accountability from China, who spreads all epidemic diseases in ventures. Too much problems we’re facing now. Soon obedon’ s administration will be announced : we’re cutting off Covid and omerocon , we win??? But we’re all know it’s demon.crats creations. They’re are enemies. Politicians are ballasts and useless. Sold out enemies of people.