By Ernest Scheyder Feb 24 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to use a Pentagon-created artificial intelligence program to help set reference prices for critical minerals as it works to build a global metals trading zone,

President Donald Trump exits the House chamber after delivering the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2026. Photo by Kenny Holston/Pool via Reuters

President Donald Trump has assembled what he called an "armada" of U.S. military power in the Middle East to threaten Iran.