Trump touts ‘historic’ $300B Texas refinery as first new US plant in nearly 50 years

March 11, 2026

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced America First Refining (AFR) is opening the first new U.S. oil refinery in nearly half a century in Brownsville, Texas.

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