Opinion: Five ways President Trump can turn energy dominance into reality

January 10, 2025

Media reports have begun coalescing around the belief that the incoming Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda—particularly its promises of significantly expanding U.S. oil and natural gas production—will be impossible to fulfill. Skeptics argue that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans will slam into real-world constraints: U.S. output is already at record highs, the shale basins that propelled America to the top tier of global energy producers over the past 15 years are now mature, and the federal government simply cannot compel private companies to drill when market conditions are unfavorable.

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