by wp_sysadmin | Jan 31, 2025 | Home, News
Specter of Trump Tariffs Spurs Interest in US Gas Contracts
Stephen Stapczynski, Anna Shiryaevskaya, and Ruth Liao, Bloomberg, January 30, 2025
- Trump sets his sights on exporting more natural gas overseas
- Risky plan bets countries will buy US fuel to avoid tariffs
President Donald Trump’s high stakes bid to use natural gas exports as leverage to expand US influence in Europe and Asia appears to be gaining early traction.
Government officials and energy executives from countries such as India, Kuwait and Japan have been holding talks about procuring more US gas, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The strategy, however, carries a significant risk. If Trump levies tariffs against China or other nations that balk against buying more LNG, he could drive them away from buying from US producers altogether.
The move to lock in American supply contracts began shortly after Trump’s Nov. 5 election victory, more than two months ahead of his actual swearing in, said the people, who requested anonymity discussing private matters.
He has threatened the European Union with tariffs multiple times if the bloc doesn’t purchase more from the US. Buyers from South Korea to Vietnam are considering procuring more American gas to avoid crippling trade levies.
“His threat to link EU tariffs to LNG purchases marks a stark departure from market-based principles,” said Claudio Steuer, a veteran energy consultant. The potential levies shift the US position on LNG from competitive pricing to “politically driven trade that could undermine long-term market confidence,” he said.
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A major Alaska mine could end up in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war with Canada
Max Graham, Northern Journal, January 31, 2025
Teck’s Red Dog mine in Northwest Alaska supplies the U.S. with zinc and germanium — but only after those minerals get processed in Canada.
Canadian officials have been scrambling in recent weeks to convince President Donald Trump to abandon his threat of sweeping tariffs on Canadian imports.
One point of leverage? Alaska’s Red Dog mine.
Red Dog — a huge open-pit operation in Northwest Alaska — is the largest zinc mine in the world, and a major U.S. source of both zinc and a little-known but essential byproduct, germanium.
But before those materials wind up in American products, they get refined in Canada, then sent back to the U.S.
Trump’s 25% across-the-board tariff, which is set to go into effect on Feb. 1, could apply to those zinc and germanium imports, as well as a slew of other mine products and many other goods flowing south from Canada.
“The cross-border nature of that supply chain means that it will be heavily impacted,” said Gracelin Baskaran, a mining economist who directs a critical minerals security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, D.C.
Teck Resources, the Vancouver-based multinational company that operates Red Dog, is Canada’s only producer of germanium, according to a corporate spokesperson.
Germanium is one of dozens of minerals that U.S. officials have labeled as “critical” to national security and the economy. The metalloid is used in fiber optics, computer chips, and night-vision equipment.
Some analysts have warned that a trade war with Canada could hurt efforts to bolster a domestic mineral supply chain in the midst of another trade war, with China.
Historically, the U.S. has depended on China for germanium and other minerals used in electronics, weapons, and energy infrastructure. But that country banned exports of germanium and two other minerals to the United States in December.
“The reality is, we don’t have a rich set of alternate supply sources,” said Baskaran.
Red Dog is one of two mines in the U.S. that produce germanium, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The other, in Tennessee, refines its concentrate at a nearby zinc smelter. In Utah and Oklahoma, companies also produce germanium through recycling.
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by wp_sysadmin | Jan 29, 2025 | Home, News
Trump vows ‘super-rapid approval’ for big-ticket energy projects
Hannah Northey, E & E News, January 28, 2025 (subscription required)
President Donald Trump told Republicans gathered at his Miami-area resort Monday night that he’s going to fast-track environmental approvals for new power plants, impose tariffs on some minerals and free up land to mine for rare earths.
“I’m going to give fast environmental approval for anybody building a plant for electric generation, and anybody that invests more than $1 billion will get super-rapid approval,” Trump said at the annual policy retreat. “I approved LNG plants in Louisiana, they were waiting for so many years.”
The comments — part of a far-reaching speech that was sparse on details — were included as Trump talked about his administration’s first steps since he took office last week. He touted his moves to halt funding across the government, take more than 350 executive actions, withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization, and declare a national “energy emergency.”
Trump’s policy blitz has put energy in the spotlight. His recent slew of executive orders and declaration of an energy emergency has largely focused on national defense and feeding a booming technology industry, including energy-hungry artificial intelligence centers.
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by wp_sysadmin | Jan 27, 2025 | Home, News
Today’s Key Takeaways: Tension between oil executives and Trump over climate rule shake up. FERC and AKLNG Under New Executive Orders. U.S. Gold Mining’s AK Project Benefits from New Executive Orders. Meet Alaska’s freshmen legislators.
OIL:
Oil Executives Fume as Trump Shakes Up Climate Rules Again
Irina Slav, OilPrice.Com, January 26, 2025
- President Trump’s reversal of Biden’s climate policies has angered Big Oil executives, who invested heavily in low-carbon technologies under the previous administration.
- The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and the removal of subsidies threaten to make Big Oil’s transition investments stranded assets.
- Despite the positive impact on their core business, oil executives are wary of Trump’s unpredictable energy policies and the potential long-term consequences for the industry.
President Donald Trump has been busy reversing the Biden administration’s so-called climate policies from the moment he was sworn in. He declared a national energy emergency, revoked the Biden ban on new LNG export capacity, and suspended some $300 billion in funding for transition projects in the country. With that, he has made one unlikely group angry: Big Oil executives.
The 47th president’s political agenda is nothing if not oil and gas friendly. In fact, oil and gas are among Trump’s top priorities, and he has wasted no time in making life easier for the industry players after four years of extra regulatory and political pressure under Biden. Yet oil executives’ apparent frustration with Trump’s reversal of Biden policies is unlikely and perhaps surprising on the surface.
Below this surface sits all the money that Big Oil invested in its own transition, under pressure, indeed, but quite a lot of money. The projects this money has been invested in may well become stranded assets now, in an ironic twist of environmentalists’ warnings that oil and gas fields are about to become stranded assets in a transitional world.
Reuters reported this week that some in the oil industry were unhappy about Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement. This is the second time Trump has done it and, again according to Reuters, it would jeopardize global efforts to reverse global climatic trends. Not only that, but the withdrawal would reduce the availability of cash for transition investment and confuse investors as the paths of the U.S. and Europe diverge.
GAS:
Early Assessment of the Effect of President Trump’s New Executive Orders on FERC Infrastructure Projects
Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Scott Daniel Johnson, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P. DasAkin, January 24, 2025
On January 20, 2025, and throughout his first week in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders (EOs) outlining his priorities for the domestic energy industry and setting forth policy preferences that rebuke former President Biden’s focus on mitigating the effects of climate change and safeguarding environmental justice communities. Although the energy-related EOs that have been issued to date have been light on specific policy directives, they evince an administration that is focused on expanding the production of fossil fuels and skeptical of the prior administration’s efforts to support the growth of renewable and zero-carbon resources.
While the Akin team is continuing to assess the impact of the EOs on the energy industry, this article reviews the potential impact of these EOs on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an agency with statutory authority over the permitting of interstate natural gas pipeline infrastructure and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, as well as related authority granted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to authorize LNG exports.
Unlike DOE, which is led by a cabinet-level Secretary and subject to Presidential directives in EOs, FERC is an independent agency that has taken the view that it need not follow all executive directives. However, the agency’s Chair, who traditionally is of the same political party as the President, often incorporates the current administration’s policy preferences into agency decision-making.1 On his first day in office, President Trump appointed sitting Commissioner Mark Christie, a Republican, to helm the agency as Chair, displacing former Chair Willie L. Phillips, a Democrat. Commissioner Phillips has not yet announced his future plans, although removed Chairs often resign before their terms conclude.
The following EOs appear to have the greatest potential to impact FERC natural gas infrastructure policy:
- Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential: This EO declares the policy of the United States to include the expedition of permitting and leasing of energy and natural resource projects in Alaska, as well as to prioritize the state’s LNG potential, including the sale and transportation of Alaskan LNG at home and abroad. Among other things, the EO orders the heads of all executive departments and agencies to “prioritize the development of Alaska’s LNG potential, including the permitting of all necessary pipeline and export infrastructure related to the Alaska LNG Project.”
- FERC has already authorized the Alaska LNG project under NGA Section 3, which consists of LNG terminal facilities capable of producing 20 million metric tons per year for export as well as an approximately 800-mile feeder pipeline to transport gas from Alaska’s North Slope to the Kenai Peninsula. This decision was upheld in the D.C. Circuit. A parallel decision by DOE authorizing LNG exports from the terminal is still pending before the court. If the project ever reaches a Final Investment Decision to break ground, this EO provides grounds for FERC to expedite its notices to proceed with construction.
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MINING:
U.S. GOLDMINING WELCOMES PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER TO UNLEASH ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – U.S. GoldMining Inc. (NASDAQ: USGO) (“U.S. GoldMining” or the “Company“) applauds the Executive Order, “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential“, signed by the President of the United States on January 20, 2025. U.S. GoldMining believes this broad ranging initiative has the potential to significantly benefit the mining industry and the state of Alaska by fostering new investments, streamlining the resource development permitting process, and ultimately delivering significant economic growth to Alaska.
The Presidential Executive Order is designed to boost the mining industry by efficiently and effectively maximizing the development and production of natural resources located on Federal and State lands in Alaska and expediting the permitting and leasing of its natural resource projects The full text of the Executive Order is available at: Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential – The White House.
Tim Smith, Chief Executive Officer of U.S. GoldMining, commented: “Alaska is entering a transformative period. The Company’s 100% owned Whistler Gold-Copper Project (“Project“) located in Alaska is already set to benefit from strong political support for responsible resource exploration and development at the state level in Alaska. We greatly appreciated Governor Dunleavy’s visit to the Project in the summer of 2023, and we continue to support Alaska’s ‘Roads to Resources‘ initiative which includes the proposed West Susitna Access Road to the Project.
The President’s prioritization of Alaska’s resource development with this order has the potential to usher in a new era of discovery, growth, and project development for the Alaskan resource sector, which could deliver strong economic prosperity in Alaska, and economic and resource security for the nation.
The future potential mine development of the Project and Alaska’s proposed West Susitna Access Road are well placed to benefit from the regulatory certainty provided by the President’s Executive Order. I am more encouraged than ever about the advancements of the Project and its long-term potential to create jobs for local Alaskans, grow the economy, and contribute to domestic resource supply for copper, a critical mineral essential for national energy security.”
POLITICS:
Meet the 11 freshmen of the Alaska Legislature
Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, January 27, 2025
New lawmakers arriving in Juneau are navigating the launch of their legislative careers.
Among the 60 state lawmakers who convened in Juneau this week are 11 who are serving in the Legislature for the first time. Among them are best friends, parents navigating a cross-state move, pet owners who left furry friends in their far-off districts, and professionals navigating transitions from jobs and hobbies to the so-called “Juneau bubble.”
Meet the 11 freshmen
by wp_sysadmin | Jan 22, 2025 | General
Today’s Key Takeaways: Can AK expect another oil and gas boom? China still driving oil demand growth. Are rolling blackouts back for urban Alaska? Trump reinstates Ambler road permits. Alaska legislature by the numbers.
NEWS OF THE DAY:
Will President Trump’s energy policies bring another oil & gas boom to Alaska?
Lauren Maxwell, Alaska’s News Source, January 21, 2025
Reactions differ to “drill baby drill”
President Donald Trump has pledged to make it easier to develop energy projects, particularly in Alaska.
His executive order — Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential — undoes many of the protections put in place by the Biden administration and orders agency heads to rescind, revoke or revise policies or regulations that hinder development and production of the natural resources located on both federal and state lands in Alaska.
The order includes the prioritization of the development of a liquid natural gas pipeline and the removal of Biden-era bans on oil and gas exploration on the coastal plain of ANWR, as well as millions of acres of federal land.
The order rescinds the rejection of a right-of-way permit to build a road through wilderness in the Ambler mining district and looks to repeal the Roadless Rule that limits logging in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska.
Trump’s move to unlock energy resources in the state is getting praise from all three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation and scorn from many conservation groups who are vowing to fight it.
“Trump just can’t wave a magic wand and make these things happen,” according to Cooper Freeman, Alaska Director for the Center for Biological Diversity, which is based in Homer.
Cooper said conservation groups are banding together to challenge the president’s actions.
“We have decades of experience fighting these sort of assaults, and whether through environmental review processes or court challenges, we are going to be working really hard to make sure these wild ecosystems remain healthy and thriving,” Freeman said.
In an interview Tuesday, Alaskan Sen. Dan Sullivan called President Trump’s actions a good day for Alaska, noting it was the only executive order the president issued Monday that focused on a single state.
“Having the federal government as a partner and an opportunity, not an obstacle, not declaring a war on Alaska — which Biden did — is a really big thing and good thing starting out with the new administration,” Sullivan said.
That thought was echoed by Kara Moriarty, the president of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, who said Trump’s actions add clarity for oil and gas developers, especially in the National Petroleum Reserve.
“He has been very clear that he wants America to be energy dominant,” Moriarty said. “We heard that in the confirmation hearings last week of his Secretary of Energy and Interior nominees, and we stand ready to responsibly develop our resources.”
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OIL:
Aramco CEO Sees ‘Good’ China Oil Demand Driving Growth
Joumanna Bercetche, Anthony Di Paola, Bloomberg/Rigzone, January 22, 2025
China is still driving growth in global oil demand, the head of Saudi Aramco said, dismissing concerns about peaking consumption in the world’s biggest energy user.
“We still see good demand coming out of China,” Aramco’s Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said in a Bloomberg television interview in Davos. The country, along with India, make up about 40% of the rise in global consumption and, “demand is increasing year on year.”
Aramco has long been positive about demand in China, its largest market and a target for major investments, even as the Asian nation was sluggish to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Nasser’s said back in October that he was bullish on China after a series of government stimulus measures aimed at reviving the economy.
The optimism contrasts with signals of a slowdown, with even the country’s largest energy producer, China National Petroleum Corp., predicting oil demand may cease growing after 2025 as a shift toward electric vehicles gathers pace. Nasser said that while the EV push will erode gasoline demand, the country’s appetite for chemicals produced from oil will keep expanding.
“Even with the transition and going to electric vehicles, you need oil as a feedstock to produce the materials that would be required for any transition,” Nasser said. “The growth is still there.”
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GAS:
Rolling blackouts could loom for urban Alaska as natural gas crunch intensifies
Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, January 21, 2205
Homer Electric Association, which serves much of the Kenai Peninsula, recently announced that it secured an “interruptible” gas agreement for the next year — meaning that it could experience a shortfall of the fuel during a cold snap.
Two urban Alaska utilities and the state’s consumer protection attorneys are warning about the risk of rolling blackouts amid an intensifying shortage of natural gas — the fuel used to generate the majority of the region’s electricity.
Such blackouts aren’t imminent, officials said, and likely would only develop in a cold snap or other scenarios that test urban Alaska’s grid.
But the risk appears to be rising, stemming from diminishing supplies of natural gas. That fuel, in 2022, generated nearly two-thirds of the electricity used on the Railbelt, the area of urban Alaska stretching from the Kenai Peninsula through Anchorage and north to Fairbanks and the Interior.
Three years ago, the region’s leading gas producer, Hilcorp, warned that it would not renew binding supply contracts with utilities when they expired — and now, with the first of those expiration dates arriving, the grid is starting to show signs of stress.
For the next year, the 25,000 members of Homer Electric Association, which is based on the Kenai Peninsula, will be depending on what’s known as an “interruptible” gas supply — meaning that the seller isn’t contractually obligated to provide it in the event of a shortage.
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MINING:
Trump wastes no time on the Ambler Road
Shane Lasley, North of 60 Mining News, January 21, 2025
Reinstating Ambler Road permits was part of the “Unleashing Alaska” executive order signed by President Trump on first day back in office.
With the stroke of a pen on his first day back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reverse the previous administration’s decision to revoke permits required to build a road to the Ambler Mining District, along with a series of other Biden era initiatives that are significantly impacting resource development in Alaska.
The “Unleashing Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential” executive order signed by Trump shortly after being sworn into office reflects a list of sweeping changes requested by Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
A 28-page “Alaska Priorities for Federal Transition” report sent to the incoming President’s transition team in December detailed actions Trump should take to reverse what the Dunleavy administration characterized as a “four-year assault on Alaska’s statehood and economy” by the Biden administration.
The Unleashing Alaska executive order touted the “abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources” that America’s Last Frontier State has to offer but said “an immediate end to the assault on Alaska’s sovereignty and its ability to responsibly develop these resources” is required to unleash this extraordinary potential.
“Unlocking this bounty of natural wealth will raise the prosperity of our citizens while helping to enhance our Nation’s economic and national security for generations to come,” the executive order signed by Trump reads.
Alaska’s delegation hailed the signing of the order as a major win for the 49th State.
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POLITICS:
The Alaska Legislature by the numbers
Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, January 21, 2025
Alaska’s 60 legislators come from all corners of the state, and convened in Juneau on Tuesday They include teachers, fishermen, pilots, a hunting guide, realtors, engineers, attorneys, veterans, a pharmacist, a medical doctor, a physician assistant, a nurse, a shopkeeper, an insurance broker and a professor.
Alaska’s 60 legislators come from all corners of the state, and convened in Juneau on Tuesday as the 34th legislative session kicked off.
Here’s a breakdown of the Legislature, by the numbers.
57.8
The average age of Senate members, in years.
51.4
The average age of House members, in years.
83
The age, in years, of the oldest member — Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak.
28
The age, in years, of the youngest members — Rep. Genevieve Mina and Rep. David Nelson, both of Anchorage.
25
The number of lawmakers who were born in Alaska, including four who were born in territorial Alaska, before it became a state.
1987
The year when Sen. Lyman Hoffman of Bethel first started serving in the Legislature. With 38 years under his belt, he is the longest-serving member.
11
The number of legislators who are serving their first term this year, including 10 in the House and one in the Senate.
6.5
The average length of service, in years, among Alaska’s current House and Senate members. In the House, the average is closer to four. In the Senate, it’s 11.
27
Number of women in the Legislature. The Alaska House will have a female majority this year, for the first time in the state’s history. In the Senate, meanwhile, only a quarter of members are women.
84,000
The annual salary that lawmakers will earn this year, in dollars.
307
The per diem reimbursement rate, in dollars, that lawmakers from communities other than Juneau can claim while the Legislature is in session.
121
The maximum length of the regular legislative session, in days, as set in the Alaska Constitution.
by wp_sysadmin | Jan 20, 2025 | Home, News
Today’s Key Takeaways: Trump focused on Alaska on Day One! Fairbanks Interior Gas Utility makes progress on mainline expansion. Friends of West Susitna to expand winter trails. Trump declares “Golden Age” for America.
NEWS OF THE DAY:
Trump to sign executive order supporting oil and gas drilling in Alaska
Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, January 20, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday bringing “drill, baby, drill” to Alaska, focusing on unleashing the possibility of oil and gas development.
An incoming White House official previewed the order Monday morning, calling the state “key” to U.S. national security and energy dominance given its abundance of natural resources.
Oil and gas development is expected to remain at the forefront of the executive action, though the official said it will aim to unleash all of Alaska’s “natural resource potential,” including timber, seafood, and critical minerals.
No other specific details were shared regarding the order, though the incoming White House official indicated the administration would support projects exporting liquified natural gas from the state to the United States and abroad.
The executive order is just one of several energy-focused actions Trump is set to take Monday in an effort to lower energy prices for Americans and secure what the Trump team calls “energy dominance.”
The executive order is just one of several energy-focused actions Trump is set to take Monday in an effort to lower energy prices for Americans and secure what the Trump team calls “energy dominance.”
The incoming administration accused outgoing President Joe Biden and his administration of limiting oil and gas production in Alaska, saying it has hurt the state’s “ability to produce wealth for American citizens.”
Alaska has taken center stage in the debate over increased domestic drilling in recent years, particularly as administrations have disagreed on leasing in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
During his first administration, Trump approved a total of nine lease sales in the region. Two were ultimately canceled by bidding companies, and the Biden administration reviewed and suspended the remaining seven
Biden’s Bureau of Land Management held an additional lease sale in the region earlier this month but failed to receive any bids for the 400,000 acres available. The sale was congressionally required through the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
While the administration said the sale was evidence that the oil and gas industry is not interested in drilling in the Alaskan refuge, state officials argued that the auction purposefully restricted oil and gas development.
Just before the lease sale, the state filed a lawsuit against the administration, saying the available acreage was the minimum required under the 2017 law. By comparison, the state said there are roughly 1.6 million available acres in the Coastal Plain.
Combined with existing restrictions on surface use, construction, and occupancy, the state said the available acreage would have been “impossible or impracticable” to develop on.
Last month, Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) accused the Biden administration of targeting the state in such agency actions, urging the president-elect to do away with what he described as “overreach … that lock up Alaska lands and resources.”
“Your election will haul in a new era of optimism and opportunity, and Alaska stands ready and is eager to work with you to repair this damage wrought by the previous administration and to set both Alaska and America on a course to prosperity,” Dunleavy said.
GAS:
Fairbanks’ IGU to transition from Cook Inlet gas, invests in cleaner energy for North Pole
Jack Barnwell, Fairbanks Daily News Miner, January 19, 2025
The Interior Gas Utility plans to continue its mainline expansion this summer and prepare to switch its liquefied natural gas source from Cook Inlet to Prudhoe Bay in April.
IGU General Manager Elena Sudduth highlighted the gas utility’s plans during a Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly work session on Thursday.
In 2024, IGU installed 16 miles of gas mainlines and 475 new service lines. Most of the mainlines were installed in the North Pole area, including Hurst Road, Dawson Road, and Flight Street.
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MINING:
Could a push to expand winter trails boost a controversial mining road west of Anchorage?
Max Graham, The Northern Journal, January 17, 2025
Boosters of a mining road in the backcountry northwest of Anchorage are poised to get a $100,000 federal grant for trail work. Some locals see it as part of an under-the-radar effort to push the road forward.
The Denali Commission, a federal agency based in Anchorage, is known for funding mundane infrastructure upgrades in rural Alaska. Think waste management, heating systems and broadband — critical though not exactly attention-grabbing stuff.
But a new project on the agency’s funding list is now drawing an unusual level of scrutiny.
The commission is set to grant some $100,000 to Friends of West Susitna, a nonprofit formed in 2022 to advocate for the West Susitna Access Project.
That project is a state-proposed industrial road through the wilds northwest of Anchorage that would help mining companies reach remote deposits and open up large areas of public land for recreation. The effort has the support of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration and pro-development groups, but it faces strident opposition from some lodge owners, sportsmen and conservation organizations.
The federal funding was recommended in October and isn’t yet finalized. It’s solely for maintaining a handful of backcountry winter trails near the remote hamlet of Skwenta, close to the proposed road’s halfway point; it is not intended to boost the state’s industrial project, according to Denali Commission officials.
But because Friends of West Susitna’s mission is to support a state-funded access road, and because it has ties to some of the resource development companies that could benefit from that road, the federal grant has prompted new concerns among skeptics of the larger industrial proposal.
In addition to its Denali Commission application, Friends of West Susitna has also proposed expanding a 42-mile winter trail along a route that’s similar to the one suggested for the mining road by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, the state agency leading the development project.
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POLITICS:
Trump Declares New “Golden Age” for America
The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2025
The new president declared a sea change of policies, vowing to push forward priorities related to the border, energy and government reform.
