Federal Government Becomes Major Investor Under Donald Trump, Echoing Wartime Scale

About Federal Government Becomes Major Investor Under Donald Trump, Echoing Wartime Scale

During Donald Trump's administration, the U.S. government significantly increased its investments in domestic industries, resembling wartime-scale intervention. The government acquired a veto power in the Nippon Steel–U.S. Steel merger and took a large equity stake in MP Materials, a rare-earth mineral producer. This shift marks a move toward direct public-private partnership and increased state involvement in critical sectors, raising concerns about market distortion and setting a new precedent for government-led industrial investments.