Domestic oil and gas executives pressed President Donald Trump in a Wednesday White House meeting on a number of mounting concerns that threaten to derail the president’s campaign pledge to “unleash American energy.”
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said that the president met with the executives “who are eager to unleash American energy after four years of Biden’s radical climate regulations.
“President Trump reaffirmed his commitment to restore America’s energy dominance and drill, baby, drill,” he said.
The president’s closed-door, mid-afternoon discussion with 15 corporate energy leaders, attended by Interior Secretary and National Energy Dominance Chair Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, focused on tariffs, permit reform, and tax credits, the cabinet members told reporters during a brief exchange after the meeting concluded....
