“We’re going to drill, baby, drill. We will be a rich nation again, and it is liquid gold under our feet that will help us do that,” said Trump during his inaugural address.
According to him, the state of national energy emergency will allow the US to rapidly build, produce coal and natural resources, create jobs and prosperity, and strengthen the country’s national security.
He also signed executive orders to support oil and gas drilling in Alaska, reversing Biden’s efforts to protect vast Arctic lands and coastal waters from mining.
Trump announced a purge of the authorities. More than a thousand people who do not match his vision have to leave
America
In addition, Trump also signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, an international pact to combat global warming.
Such steps represent a dramatic turn in Washington’s energy policy. Former President Biden, on the contrary, tried to support a shift away from fossil fuels during his election period.
US miners are taking advantage of high market prices as a result of sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
“America will be a manufacturing nation again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have: the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth,” Trump said in his inaugural address.
Organizations that deal with environmental protection have already announced that they intend to challenge the president’s order in court.
Trump also focused on electric cars, stopping, for example, the distribution of unused government funds to charging stations. He stated that his administration would consider ending tax credits for electric cars.
TikTok doesn’t stop
Trump also signed an order delaying the ban on TikTok. The popular Chinese social network was supposed to stop offering its services in the US on January 19, the previous administration citing concerns about national security.
TikTok shut down in the US on Saturday evening local time and users were told that the app could not be used due to the ban. On Sunday, however, TikTok began to restore services.
On Monday, Trump made good on his promise, and when he took office, he ordered the attorney general to take no action against TikTok for 75 days. At the same time, the new president suggested that the United States government should be a half-owner of the American division of TikTok in exchange for the application to work in the country. He warned that he could impose tariffs on China if Beijing does not approve the US deal with TikTok.
Trump’s whirlwind to begin with. He canceled dozens of Biden’s decrees and pardoned hundreds of those accused of the attack on the Capitol
US elections
