Trump hosts Central Asian leaders as U.S. seeks to get around China on rare earth metals
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House on Thursday (November 6, 2025) as he intensifies his hunt for rare earth metals needed for high-tech devices, including smartphones, electric vehicles, and fighter jets. President Trump and the officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan held bilateral meetings…