Today's podcast begins with our great host, Mike Slater, going over the mainstream media's smear campaign against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. They'll have you believing that he's about to get fired at any second, but that's very much not true! Slater explains why AND gives an ode to trees for Earth Day!Following our first segment, Mike talks to Drew Horn, Former Top U.S. Official On Strategic Minerals and Energy Supply Chain Development, about recent drama surrounding "rare earth elements". China has access to A LOT of them and are trying to use them to coerce the United States of America into more favorable trade deals. Can this troubling trend be reversed? Tune in and find out! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.