Trump Announces U.S. Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve: $12B Project Vault Initiative Analysis & Fact-Check

President Trump announced Project Vault, combining $10 billion in Export-Import Bank financing with $2 billion private funding to create America’s first strategic critical minerals reserve for civilian use. Fact-checking reveals significant inaccuracies in Trump’s claims about Federal Reserve renovation costs, Ukraine assistance totals, war casualties, and border crossing numbers.