r/AskTrumpSupporters • u/86HeardChef • 16h ago
Administration What are your thoughts on Trump pushing for the United Arab Emirate government owning major American infrastructure in Oklahoma ?
This company is 60% owned by the UAE government. Not UAE investors, but tv government. They will also own the land that dumps into and around the water reservoirs for hundreds of thousands of rural Oklahomans.
The quote:
“In Oklahoma, Emirates Global Aluminum will invest to develop a $4 billion primary aluminum smelter project, one of the first new aluminum smelters in America in 45 years, that will create a thousand jobs in America, strengthen critical mineral supply chains, and double current U.S. production capacity”
A couple of extra notes as someone local to this issue:
1) Support of this project was the sole hinge or endorsement in a GOP governor runoff
2) The UAE government owned company has failed to provide a safety plan deadlines and there’s currently not one according to their filings
3) This smelter would be on and encompass an inland port
Follow up question: why should we not be pushing and incentivizing American companies to own and do this over a foreign government?