Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has offered the United States access to his country vast natural resources in-exchange for helping him defeat powerful rebel groups in his country, many of which are linked to terrorist groups like ISIS.
The letter to President Donald Trump, sent early last month, offered “mining opportunities for the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund,” an entity created by Trump after coming back into office.
“Your election has ushered in the golden age for America,” Tshisekedi wrote in the letter obtained by The Wall Street Journal. “Our partnership would provide the U.S. with a strategic advantage by securing critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, copper and tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
Tshisekedi asked the president for “formal security pact” to boost his country’s military in its fight against the…
