Re-Emergence of Industrial Policy
The news strongly supports the prediction of a re-emergence of industrial policy, with the Trump administration directing $2 billion toward quantum computing companies (including taking equity stakes), $1.6 billion in federal funding for rare earth mining, and a US-India critical minerals deal aimed at supply chain diversification. These actions reflect exactly the pattern of government intervention in strategic sectors for national security and supply chain resilience described in the prediction. The article about the White House scrutinizing federal funding recipients also aligns with the prediction's note about leveraging federal funding for political influence.
Federal funding and contracting decisions over the period show no political targeting pattern, or if government intervention in strategic sectors recedes rather than expands.