Baltimore, MD, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Just as President Trump’s highly anticipated “Big Beautiful Bill” prepares to take center stage in Washington, a presentation authored by former CIA consultant and White House insider Jim Rickards is circulating the masses.
The topic? A largely ignored but potentially game-changing federal asset that could, Rickards argues, help offset the entire cost of Trump’s economic vision—without raising taxes or increasing the debt.
Buried Wealth Hidden in Bureaucracy
Rickards’ presentation outlines the immense value locked beneath federally controlled land across the United States: rare earths, copper, lithium, uranium, and other essential materials. He notes that these deposits are already measured and mapped—yet remain untouched.
“$516 billion is here in the Salton Sea area of California… $3.1 trillion is held in Nome, Alaska. And $7.35 trillion is here, in Midland, Texas…” Rickards writes . These reserves, he adds, form a kind of untapped “trust” as he calls it for the American …