Project Vault was launched by the Trump regime February 2026 to create a US Strategic Reserve for critical minerals – much like the oil strategic reserve. Its funding is sourced through the US Import Export Bank (EXIM). The seven member Board of Directors of the Bank include Lutnick, 3 vacancies, John Jovanovic who previously worked for Mercuria Group, James Burrows who was appointed by Biden with experience in marketing from various banks, and Jamieson Greer the architect of Trump’s tariff policy who came from Kirkland and Ellis Law firm.
Two commodity traders have been selected by Trump to fulfill the acquisitions necessary totaling $12 billion; Mercuria, a Swiss group registered in the Cayman Islands and Glencore, a Swiss Company. The former founder and CEO of Glencore, Marc Rich who was Jewish, was indicted on 65 criminal counts in 1983 in the United States. Charges included tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and selling Iranian oil to Israel during the Iran hostage crisis. He fled prosecution and took up shop in Germany, Finland, UK, and Jamaica. In 2001, Rich was pardoned by Clinton. It was alleged he paid over $1million to the Clinton’s for the pardon.
Project Vault is an independent company, VaultCo, which has its own board of directors with nonparticipating government oversight. The Board Chair is Brett Lambert (probably Jewish) of the Densmore Group initially appointed by Obama as Deputy Assistant Secretary For Defense Manufacturing given his tenure at Northrup.
While Lambert has served on a slew of boards, including CSIS, one current board is notable – Elbit. Elbit Systems is based out of Israel, and is the primary provider for Israel’s Defense Industry. Lambert sits on the board of the US subsidiary of Elbit. No other Board Members for VaultCo have been assigned. The Chairman at Elbit is ‘Mikey Federmann’ formerly of the IDF.
Mercuria and Glencore represent the financial architecture behind VaultCo – identifying, purchasing, transporting, storage and management of the Critical Minerals deemed necessary for industrial manufacturing needs. The fee is $500 million to each – or a $1 billion commitment.
The purpose of the Vault is a China go-around. The problem remains China is the largest global producer of critical minerals – with the DRC and Australia following behind. The ongoing war in Africa is centralized in the Congo as they fight over control of critical minerals. Trump has levied sanctions on Rwanda for their role in fighting the DRC for the minerals. The US first became involved in the DRC war in 1960 with the CIA directing coups to install their preferred leader, ultimately inserting Mobutu Sese Seko.
A revolutionary, Seko served until 1997 when he died. He had built close ties with Israel and China accumulating wealth upwards of $5 billion on the backs of barefoot Africans. The DRC contracts for mining in exchange for infrastructure – with China. Therefore, for either Glencore or Mercuria to attempt to secure mineral contracts with the DRC could backfire via disruption the China supply train.
So exactly where will these VaultCo traders secure Critical Minerals? Glencore operates in – the DRC under the names – Kamoto Copper Company and Mutanda mining. In February 2026, Glencore entered talks to sell a 40% stake in these DRC assets to the U.S.-backed Orion Critical Mineral Consortium for roughly $9 billion. Orion Resources was just founded in October 2025. It’s founder and CEO is Oskar Lewnowski, of Jewish heritage. Dov Lader who came from DLA Piper is COO. Istvan Zollei of Hungarian Jewish heritage is finance. Etc…
Their website illuminates their strict compliance in sustainability despite their DRC operation hiring thousands of children!
The implication is that the Export Import Bank chaired by Jewish Lutnick, giving billions in contracts to companies operated by Israel, including their largest defense contractor, Elbit Systems, is simply an Israeli operation to redirect Critical Minerals to themselves using US loans as debt instruments whose interest rate remains ‘undisclosed’.
Their fiscal 2025 report indicates net deposits sitting with the Treasury of $3.2 billion. Loans Receivable $6.2 Billion. Liabilities of $9.9 billion creating a net Asset position of $(3.7) Billion. FYI – The KPMG Audit found that due to internal controls, or lack thereof, their misstatement of financial position cannot be determined – aka, it is hidden beneath layers of fraud. IN THE HOLE. So, a broke institution of the US Government has committed an additional $10 billion to Israeli companies to create contracts for Critical Minerals via the DRCongo which facilitates massive child labor violations, while hiding beneath the banner of Sustainability…
Simultaneously, EXIM claims in their 2025 Summary Report their purpose is to grow businesses while making profits for US Taxpayers, ostensibly through interest bearing notes. When in fact they are simply another COST generating agency giving loans to large corporations and pay-for-play actors who in turn make profits for themselves. Skimming the cream from the milk.
Israel wants a cut of the action given their Pentagon Coup. While The Big Club of loyalist democrats and republicans in the US government claim their fair share and point fingers toward Social Security failure. Despite Federal Pensions always being immune to this infraction of budgetary incompetence. Wonder how Musk missed this one?
Lutnick serving up this manure as head of the table is simply yet another massive scheme to destroy the Middle Class in America as they have done in Argentina wherein 50% of the population is facing famine under Melei’s Libertarian Policies…
Did you know BUSINESSMEN broke a promise,
regarding importing Chinese to help build our
railroads ?
As with Thomas Jefferson’s disdain for them –
because “they have no country” – I mistrust
them, too.
Chinatown, in San Francisco, is product of Big
Business promising to return Chinese men
to their place of origin, but refusing to do so
after their labor was no longer needed.
-Rick