Trump didn’t just make a deal. He flipped the global supply chain. For decades, China dominated 80% of the world’s rare earth processing — the critical elements behind fighter jets, electric cars, smartphones, and AI servers. Every modern system depended on materials refined under Beijing’s control. Then, in just seventy-two hours, that dominance began to shift. On October 24, Malaysia signed a mineral pact. A day later, Thailand joined with a processing deal. By October 26, the framework was re