Energy Boom That Trump Celebrates Began Years Before He Took Office
President Trump tours a Pennsylvania petrochemical plant Tuesday to highlight the U.S. energy boom. Trump claims credit for surging oil and gas production, but the trend began before he took office.
The United States has become the world's leading producer of oil and natural gas — reshaping the global energy economy from the shipping lanes of the Middle East to the factories of the Midwest.
President Trump hopes to call attention to that change on Tuesday when he tours a petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania.
Cheap and abundant energy has fueled a resurgence in domestic manufacturing. But the
