Since Donald Trump first declared in early December that he wants to be a dictator on “day one,” his extralegal to-do list has varied. He’s said he wants to “close the border” and recently added a desire to set loose all the criminals who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
But one thing has remained on that list. Whether it’s “drill, drill, drill” or “drill, baby, drill,” Trump claims that he’ll somehow rip off all constraints holding back America’s fossil fuel industries.
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The idea that President Joe Biden is holding back American energy production and has “destroyed U.S. energy independence” is being spread not just by Trump but also by Republicans in the House and Senate. Claims of a Biden “war on energy” are front and center in Republican campaigns, in claims by the conservative Heritage Foundation, and in Trump’s dictatorial ambitions.
But all of this is just lies, baby, lies.
