What did Donald Trump claim about climate and energy on 22 Aug 2017?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
American hands will build this future. American energy will power this future. We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently.
Not the first time. The U.S. exported more energy than it imported in 1949, 1951 and 1952, and it was still a net importer every month of 2017.
The United States exported more primary energy than it imported in 1949, 1951 and 1952; in 1952 it exported 2.365 quadrillion Btu and imported 2.146. In 2016 it imported 25.378 quadrillion Btu and exported 14.119, and it was a net importer in every month of 2017 (Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, Table 1.1).
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- 'Make America Great Again' rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
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