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Issues: petroleum

Examining U.S. ‘Energy Independence’ Claims

Examining U.S. ‘Energy Independence’ Claims
March 9, 2022

When politicians say that the United States was “energy independent” under former President Donald Trump, some people may get the false impression that the U.S. was 100% self-sufficient. The country still relied on foreign sources of energy, including oil.

Trump and Boebert’s Oil Spin

Trump and Boebert’s Oil Spin
August 27, 2021

Former President Donald Trump said he had gotten the U.S. to a point where “we didn’t need the Middle East” for “energy.” And now, he said, “we’re going back to them asking them for help.” But the U.S. has continued to import a smaller amount of its petroleum from the Middle East under President Joe Biden.