Goodbye magnet critic, hello magnet lover
It’s odd that after all the verbal bashing our national leader has done to magnets, he appears to have reversed himself and is now loving magnets. In one instance, he now appears to sing the praises of his medical procedures, one of which featured an MRI. Short for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRIs are machines that contain powerful electromagnets used to create internal bodily images that doctors can evaluate. The latest pro-magnet move is a future personal $6 billion deal with a company that requires powerful magnets to make their equipment work.
TAE Technologies, Inc., formerly Tri Alpha Energy, is a company that is attempting to bring fusion energy to market. This effort has been an elusive goal for decades, and the breakthrough always seems to be ten years away. The reaction involves the element boron 11, which creates three alpha particles during the fusion reaction, hence the company name. Fusion also creates incredibly hot plasma, which can only be contained using powerful magnets. If plasma actually touched any internal components, they would melt from the intense heat.
Unfortunately, a premier fusion plasma scientist and MIT professor, conveniently living in the U.S., was recently murdered. In early 2025, he had actually received an award from then President Biden for his contributions to science. In another odd coincidence per Wikipedia: “The Government of Russia, through the joint-stock company Rusnano, invested in Tri Alpha Energy in October 2012.” Apparently, our leader has now seen the light on magnets for some reason.