Interior Secretary Doug Burgum dropped a bombshell this week that should have every American asking one question: why are we paying other countries to fuel our economy when we’re sitting on a $100 trillion treasure chest of oil, gas, and minerals?
At a policy event in Washington, D.C., hosted by Breitbart News, Burgum laid out what many in the Biden-era bureaucracy refused to acknowledge: America is rich in resources, but it takes leadership to unleash them. Fortunately, President Donald J. Trump is back in the Oval Office and wasting no time putting the country’s energy dominance back on the fast track.
“What’s our debt? Thirty-six and a half trillion. What are our assets?” Burgum asked. The answer? More than double our national debt, buried in untapped land and offshore reserves. Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of the Interior is finally treating America like the energy powerhouse it is, not some global charity case.
Burgum revealed that the U.S. controls 700 million acres of surface land through Interior and the Department of Agriculture, plus another 2.5 billion acres of offshore territory. That includes mineral-rich land filled with critical resources we need for defense, infrastructure, and energy independence. While globalists talk about dependence on China for rare earth minerals, Trump’s administration is cutting through red tape and putting American workers back on the front lines of domestic production.
Trump has already declared “efficient, reliable, and affordable energy” a national security imperative. And he’s backing it up. His EPA is rolling back the Biden-era climate shackles on power plants and automobiles. Meanwhile, Secretary Burgum is making it clear to the oil, gas, and mining industries: the era of federal hostility is over.
“Thank you,” Burgum told an audience of energy executives in Houston—two words, he noted, that no one in the Biden administration dared utter. That simple expression of gratitude is a clear signal that the Trump administration values the industry that powers our homes, fuels our vehicles, and supports millions of jobs.
The message is clear: America’s energy dominance isn’t a thing of the past. It’s the future—and it’s being written now, by leaders who know that prosperity, strength, and independence begin beneath our feet.
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