ICYMI: American Energy Dominance in a Trump II Administration
The following is from the Trump Team.
ICYMI: Fmr. Trump Administration U.S. Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, Fmr. Director of International Economic Policy at both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, Samuel Buchan, and Fmr. U.S. Department of State as a Senior Advisor Dan Negrea penned an op-ed highlighting the contrast between the Biden-Harris administration’s restrictive energy policies, and how a second Trump administration will champion American energy dominance helping the American economy and hardworking families.
Highlights from the article include:
- Policies that discourage exploration, block energy infrastructure construction, and raise regulatory barriers are self-defeatist and construct a false choice of climate security vs. economic prosperity and national security.
- [Biden-Harris] undermine the U.S. energy sector’s ability to attract investment, maintain grid reliability, and provide affordable energy to everyday Americans and industries struggling to build a more secure global supply chain—free from Chinese dependence.
- Energy dominance is not just about energy production; it is about ensuring America’s freedom—freedom from foreign energy dependence, freedom to pursue robust economic growth, and freedom to enact a foreign policy unencumbered by energy insecurities. Under a Trump administration, this principle will be revitalized, positioning the United States as an energy superpower with the strength to pursue its global interests confidently.
- At its core, energy dominance rejects the Biden-Harris false premise that continuing our economic growth threatens humanity’s future. Instead, it embraces the compatibility of environmental safety and economic prosperity.
- The ultimate question is whether Americans desire a government that empowers industry innovation and growth or micromanages it.
- In a world increasingly defined by the confrontation between the Free World and the China-Russia-Iran axis, American energy dominance establishes the United States in a position of confidence and capability needed to win this contest.
- Energy is the economy’s lifeblood, impacting household savings, corporate profitability, GDP growth, and job creation.
- By ensuring an abundant supply of energy, a Trump administration would push global energy prices down through supply-side economics to undermine the economies of expansionist powers like Russia and Iran and confidently implement sanctions against adversaries like Iran and Venezuela without impacting the U.S. economy.
By embracing an “all-of-the-above” approach to energy, the United States can ensure that it remains a superpower capable of leading the world in both energy production and geopolitics.