It’s time for Americans to wake up and smell the coffee—President Biden’s reckless spending on senseless agendas is making our country more vulnerable to China.
Take the Inflation Reduction Act, for example. Signed into law by Biden in August, this act pushed for electric vehicles, which China primarily supplies. As former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke put it, we could have renamed it the Chinese Stimulus Act.
And while Biden touts green energy and cleaner energy, he’s failing to realize that the U.S. can produce its own clean energy. Take Occidental Petroleum, for example. They’re reportedly nearing completion on a carbon-capture plant in Texas, which shows that we don’t need to depend on China for energy.
“The world is a lot better off when the U.S. produces the energy, but the moment we become independent, and I would say in some areas, dominant, this administration backtracks to go we want to be now vulnerable with China on the supply chain,” Zinke, who served as Secretary of the Interior under former President Donald Trump, told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow, a former economic advisor to Trump
Unfortunately, Biden and his administration ignore this fact and are instead focusing their efforts on making the U.S. more vulnerable to China. This is an incredibly dangerous decision as China has been known to take advantage of vulnerable countries.
“Look, the EV world, what makes the EV world? You have cobalt, lithium, critical minerals, all controlled and processed in China,” Zinke continued. “You have on solar side, most of the solar cells are in China. The Inflation Reduction Act itself could have been renamed the Chinese Stimulus Act. Now we position ourselves to be more vulnerable to China in our energy needs.”
It’s time for Biden to stop being reckless with American taxpayer dollars and prioritize the safety of our country. We don’t need to be dependent on China for energy—we have the capacity to produce and use our own.
“If you want to do it cleaner, better, then do it in the U.S.,” Zinke said. “I think [Occidental Petroleum] is responding to where this administration is, I mean, they are looking at it singularly as we’re going to go EV, we’re going to go carbon-free, but at what cost? Enormous amount of cost, not a lot of return, and it just provides China with the edge.”
It’s crucial that Biden and his administration realize this and make the necessary changes to ensure our safety and security. We can’t afford to be vulnerable to China any longer. It’s time to take a stand and make sure that our country is safe, secure, and energy-independent.
