Donald Trump Signs Order to Protect Fracking Industry

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced the signing of an executive order to protect both the fracking and oil and gas industries following former Vice President Joe Biden’s pledge to “transition from the oil industry.”

“Just signed an order to protect fracking and the oil and gas industry,” the president wrote on Twitter. “This means JOBS, low energy bills, and continued AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE! Sleepy Joe would BAN fracking and destroy American energy jobs! He has NO clue!!”

Just signed an order to protect fracking and the oil and gas industry. This means JOBS, low energy bills, and continued AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE! Sleepy Joe would BAN fracking and destroy American energy jobs! He has NO clue!!

A White House fact sheet of the order — titled “President Donald J. Trump Is Supporting Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Technologies to Protect Our Jobs, Economic Opportunity, and National Security” — reads that the president will undertake the following actions to protect the fracking and oil and gas industries:

Due to public calls to ban or restrict such technologies, the President has directed his Administration to assess the potential effects of such bans or restrictions on American citizens. The Administration will assess the potential consequences of fracking bans – such as job losses – on Americans who are directly or indirectly benefiting from the energy industry and other industries, including mining for sand and other minerals. The President wants to protect these jobs and help out-of-work Americans who are seeking good jobs. No responsible public official should sacrifice vast numbers of American jobs and livelihoods to appease domestic radicals and curry favor with foreign powers. Biden made the pledge to “transition” from the oil industry during the final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee.

I heard Dan Bongino talking about this yesterday. Trump isn't your run of the mill Billionaire.

He is different.

He certainly does not give a crap what anyone thinks of him, except for the fact it makes him notice and dislike some people even more...he isn't someone you want to be taking notice of you in a bad way.

He eats lowbrow (to "them") food, he calls people disparaging names the same way most normal people who don't focus test every word leaving their mouths, and when he says he is going to do something...by God, he does something.

He has a penchant for nicknames, and anyone who has been in an environment where nicknames get assigned to people...you understand that if you get a bad one, you won't be able to shake it.

Crooked Hillary.
Joe Hidin.
Low Energy Jeb
Crazy Bernie

Love it. Just love it.

I like seeing him make mistakes, too...even ones that seem perfectly predictable. I think I like it (and at some level, some others may too) because it is so human. That mistake Trump makes when everyone can see it coming miles away is much the way it happens to many of us when our own friends and family can see it coming, but we still make the mistake.

I like that Trump just dusts himself off when it happens, and just moves ahead. You know, I get the impression he is working in the Present. Almost primarily.

I love Trump but agree with this. I realize in many things he just tried to help using EO since he was thwarted by both House and Senate BUT we saw tons of Obama’s EO’s overwritten once Trump came in.

I do agree that this particular EO looks political. Even though I agree with the EO, it is political.

Oh so that’s what’s going on.

Thanks. That is good to know.

Was shocked when Kavanaugh voted against it.

People were already calling him another souter or whomever.

I don’t think so.

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