Daniel Dale

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Daniel Dale @ddale8

The US export/import balance has improved since the Bush era, thanks in large part to the fracking boom. The improvement continued under Obama, then Trump. But the US always continued to import petroleum -- from Russia (see chart below) and elsewhere. 3/ https://t.co/fqBza3Jo4d https://t.co/zzZagjxHJF — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2022

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Trump wasn't lying when he said the US was "energy independent" in 2020: the US exported more crude+products that year than it imported; that's one of the pop definitions of "energy independent." But the US also exported more than it imported in 2021. 2/ https://t.co/2OGcZ3FdgL https://t.co/cSbFdDYwXD — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2022

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I post this data because, the way some GOP lawmakers and pundits talk about "energy independence," it can sound like the US had ceased using foreign/Russian oil by the end of Trump's tenure, then started again under Biden. That's very much not what happened. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2022