Key keywords: Donald Trump, 2024 US presidential election, uranium seizure vow, Israeli airstrike Beirut suburb, Hezbollah, Middle East geopolitical tension, US foreign policy, nuclear supply chain security, UN Charter, cross-border conflict During a campaign rally in Arizona on October 17, 2024, former U.S. president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a highly controversial foreign policy pledge, vowing to order the seizure of global uranium supplies to secure U.S. nuclear energy and defense supply chains if he wins the upcoming general election. Trump claimed that "hostile nations including China and Russia have been hoarding 70% of the world's accessible uranium reserves, leaving the U.S. in a dangerously vulnerable position", adding that he would use all available executive and military tools to take control of uranium mines and key trade routes in Africa, Central Asia and South America to ensure long-term U.S. dominance in the nuclear sector. The statement immediately drew widespread criticism from international law experts, energy industry leaders and foreign governments, with many pointing out that unilateral seizure of natural resources from sovereign nations violates the UN Charter and basic international trade rules, and could trigger large-scale geopolitical conflicts and a sharp surge in global uranium prices that would hit developing countries relying on nuclear energy the hardest. As Trump made the explosive pledge, the Middle East faced another round of deadly escalation: the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on the same day that it had launched a precision airstrike on a Hezbollah military command center located in the densely populated southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The IDF said the target was a senior Hezbollah operational commander who was planning large-scale cross-border rocket and drone attacks on Israeli northern cities, and the strike had achieved its intended operational goal. Lebanese official sources reported that the attack killed at least 8 people, including 3 civilian children, and injured more than 22, with several residential apartment buildings and a local clinic damaged in the strike. The Lebanese government issued a strong formal condemnation, calling the strike a "flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty and international humanitarian law", and warned that it would file an emergency complaint to the UN Security Council over the unprovoked attack. Hezbollah has issued an official statement vowing to launch "painful, unprecedented retaliation" against Israel for the strike, raising widespread fears of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon that could drag the entire region into prolonged chaos. Foreign policy analysts noted that Trump's aggressive uranium seizure pledge and his long-standing unwavering support for Israel's military actions indicate that if he returns to the White House, U.S. foreign policy will become far more unilateralist, which will further exacerbate geopolitical tensions across the Middle East and other resource-rich regions, and pose severe, long-lasting challenges to global security and economic stability.