In a national address concerning the situation with Iran, President Donald Trump declared that the U.S. now surpasses both Saudi Arabia and Russia in oil and gas production.
“Thanks to our aggressive energy policies, America enjoys an abundance of natural gas,” President Trump stated. “Under my administration, we’ve secured our position as the world’s top oil and gas producer — and that’s without considering the significant quantities we’re importing from Venezuela.”
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The president further emphasized that, due to policies enacted by his administration, the U.S. outpaces Saudi Arabia and Russia in energy production. “No other nation matches our capabilities, positioning us well for the future,” Trump asserted.
He also mentioned that “the United States now imports almost no oil” from the Strait of Hormuz, adding, “and we won’t be needing any in the future.”
“Our energy independence is strong. We haven’t required it,” Trump continued. “Iran has been thoroughly weakened, both in military power and economic standing.”
“We don’t need it. We haven’t needed it,” the president said. “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran. They are decimated, both militarily and economically.”
“And the countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage,” Trump added. “They should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on.”
President Trump then addressed the “countries that can’t get fuel, many of which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran,” and offered them two suggestions.
“Number one: buy oil from the United States of America,” Trump said. “We have plenty.”
“And number two,” the president continued, “build up some delayed courage,” and “go to the Strait and just take it.”
President Trump then reiterated, “Iran has been essentially decimated,” explaining, “The hard part is done, so it should be easy.”
“In any event, when this conflict is over, the Strait will open up naturally,” Trump added. “They’re going to want to be able to sell oil because that’s all they have to try and rebuild. It will resume the flowing, and the gas prices will rapidly come back down.”
Speaking to Americans who have seen a “recent rise” in gas prices in the U.S., Trump explained, “This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers in neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict.”
“This is proof that Iran can never be trusted with nuclear weapons,” Trump asserted.
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for – News. You can follow her on Facebook and X at @ARmastrangelo, and on Instagram.
