That the answer for America and he believes for the world, all nations of the world, it's not just an answer for America is more energy, massively more energy of all kinds that are affordable, reliable and abundant. My whole life, the goal was America's got to be energy independent. We've got to produce more energy than we consume, which we last did in the mid-1950s. long before I was born. That was our goal. And when I first met President Trump talked energy, I was like, and we've achieved it. He's like, well, that's the wrong goal. (06:08–06:18)
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Asserts that the US last achieved energy independence, producing more energy than it consumed, in the mid-1950s.
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