President Donald Trump touts $3 billion in United States investments in critical minerals mining during a meeting with top industry executives on Friday, according to multiple outlets. The projects are presented as part of efforts to reduce dependence on supply chains that are dominated by China. At the meeting, Trump frames the mineral investments as a way to strengthen domestic sourcing and improve US resilience in industries that rely on these materials. Bloomberg and the Financial Post both report the same central figure—$3 billion—along with the meeting context involving senior executives from the industry. Both accounts also describe the broader policy objective as shifting US sourcing away from China-influenced mineral supply chains. The coverage does not detail specific companies involved, project locations, or timelines in the excerpts provided, but it consistently links the investment announcement to a strategic push for critical minerals security and supply-chain diversification. The outlets characterize Trump’s comments as aimed at countering China’s role in global critical minerals production and trade.