Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

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Jan. 26

The Washington Post on Trump's "energy emergency"

Oil and gas production in the United States is hitting record highs, Buy 200 Cheap Proxies easily outpacing consumption growth and fueling an export boom that in 2020 achieved the country´s first trade surplus in energy since at least the 1950s. Renewable energy generation has also expanded at a healthy clip, more than four times as fast during Joe Biden´s presidency as during Donald Trump´s first term. Also, the price of gasoline has been falling steadily since mid-2022, following an upsurge at the tail end of the pandemic.

This is what Trump describes as an " energy emergency.