President Donald Trump Promised to “make America accessible” by reducing energy costs during a joint address to the Congress on Tuesday night.
Speaking in US Capitol, Trump said “every day he struggles to” reverse “the economic damage for which he blamed his predecessor, former president Joe Biden.
“Joe Biden especially let the price of the eggs out of control,” Trump said. “The price of eggs is out of control, and we work hard to put it down.”
“The main focus of our struggle to defeat inflation is a rapid reduction in energy costs, “the president continued.” The previous administration reduced the number of new oil and gas lease by 95%, slowing down the construction of pipelines and closed more than 100 power plants. We are currently opening many of these power plants. “
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President Donald Trump participates in a joint congress session at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, March 4, 2025. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
“We have more liquid gold under our feet than any people on earth and far,” Trump said. “And now he fully authorizes the most talented team ever gathered to go. It’s called Drill, Baby, Drill.”
The reduction of energy prices was one of Trump’s promises about the campaign before being elected in November. At a gathering at the Faculty of State, Pennsylvania, Trump He vowed to raise the American pause On US -liquefied terminals of natural gas exports.
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US President Donald Trump enters the American House Chamber before addressing a joint session of the congress at the US Capitol 04. March 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Pool via Reuters)
“Starting from the first day of my new administration, I will end the Kamal Harris war against Pennsylvania Energy,” Trump said October 26. And we will fliers, frack, frack. “
Trump also promised his supporters that their energy bills would be halved in his first 12 months in power. Before it was confirmed, the energy secretary Chris Wright He said earlier that lowering the cost of energy is one of his main goals in power.
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President Donald Trump asks a report from a journalist before boarding Marine One on the southern lawn of the White House on February 28. 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Hardik/Getty Images)
“Federal policies today make too easy to stop projects and it’s very difficult to start and complete projects,” Wright said in January. “This makes energy more expensive and less reliable. Trump President is dedicated to reducing energy costs and do so, we have to prioritize bureaucracy cutting, allowing investments in the private sector and the construction of the infrastructure we need to make energy more accessible to families and businesses.”
Fox News’ Breanne Depisch contributed to this report.
