President Trump’s focus on energy has the potential to be the greatest legacy he can leave for the American people. The policies of Trump and the appointment of Chris Wright as secretary of Energy has put the United States in a decisive pro-energy position, focusing efforts on harnessing U.S. energy production and leveraging it into economic strength.

On the campaign trail Trump made it abundantly clear that his administration would prioritize American energy production and traditional fuels. In his inauguration speech, Trump declared that America would embrace “drill, baby, drill” and refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve “right to the top.”

He said countless times that the U.S. is going to embrace the “liquid gold” under our feet and that we are going to “frack, frack, frack.” On Inauguration Day, Trump signed a series of executive orders related to energy, including removing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and declaring a national energy emergency, allowing the government........

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