Staff Reports
The Trump administration is pushing a bold new energy plan to make America strong and independent again. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum calls it the “four babies” strategy. This plan focuses on drilling, mapping resources, mining minerals, and building power plants to beat China and fix the economy.
means using America’s oil and gas instead of buying from foreign countries. Burgum says federal lands have tons of energy waiting to be tapped. Private companies pay big money to drill here, which fills government coffers. Under Biden, permits stalled, but Trump’s team is cutting red tape to get projects moving fast.
is about finding hidden resources underground. Burgum praised a 1800s British geologist whose maps made the UK a global power. He says America stopped mapping to hide resources from the public. Now, Trump’s team will map everything to show where coal, oil, and rare minerals lie. This will expose how much wealth Biden locked away.
tackles America’s reliance on China for minerals needed for phones, cars, and weapons. Burgum says radical environmentalists killed U.S. mining colleges and jobs. Now China controls 20 key minerals. Mining here means jobs and security. One copper mine waited 29 years for permits—Trump’s “tiger team” will slash wait times.
focuses on power plants and pipelines. Burgum warns blackouts loom if we don’t build more reliable energy. Wind and solar can’t keep the lights on alone. China builds two coal plants weekly while America shuts theirs. New England pays sky-high heating bills because pipelines like Constitution got blocked. Trump will restart stalled projects fast.
China’s growing power is a major threat. They make 60% of their electricity from coal and dominate AI research because they have enough energy. Burgum says green policies hurt America. “If you care about the environment, make energy HERE where it’s clean,” he argues. Outsourcing production to China just pollutes more.
The National Energy Dominance Council, led by Burgum, acts like a “tiger team” to crush bureaucracy. Their goal: sell energy to allies, starve enemies of funds, and power AI to beat China. Burgum says America’s resources could be worth $100 trillion—triple the national debt.
Biden’s team attacked U.S. energy, but Trump’s plan reverses that. Burgum says energy is the foundation of everything—food, factories, and freedom. With Trump back in charge, America will drill, map, mine, and build its way to prosperity. The choice is clear: weakness under Democrats or strength under Republicans.
