Why Trump’s promise for energy dominance faces challenges

08 Jan 2025 • 8 min • EN
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President-elect Donald Trump will struggle to fulfill his promise to massively increase America’s oil production, according to energy analysts. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down why Trump’s oil production promise faces challenges. Plus, Trump once again attacked the Biden administration’s latest offshore drilling move and said he would try to pull the plug on new wind power developments. Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Annie Rees is the managing producer for audio at POLITICO. Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO.  Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO. For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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