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America’s answer to Iran’s energy threats begins with Alaskan power

President Trump has promoted the Alaska LNG Pipeline on multiple occasions, including his 2025 State of the Union address

By Mike Dunleavy Fox News

Published May 7, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Claims of Democrat naysayers notwithstanding, President Trump understandably saw a need to take military action in Iran. Allowing a regime that has called the United States "the Great Satan," and has promoted terror across the world for more than half a century, to have a nuclear weapon would pose an unacceptable threat to the American people.

But because roughly one-fifth of all global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the conflict has caused a temporary shortage of oil and gas. Thankfully, however, President Trump realizes that the solution to this real problem for American families lies right here at home — by increasing production of reliable, affordable American energy.

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