US Energy Dominance Descends Into Decadence

Weeks after taking office again, President Donald Trump established the National Energy Dominance Council, proclaiming that “abundant natural resources” would help to, among other things, cool prices, cut the deficit and “end wars across the world.” Some 18 months later, gasoline that costs more than $4 a gallon has stoked inflation, the national debt has topped $40 trillion and the US has started a war several thousand miles across the world.