Daniel Dale

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Daniel Dale @ddale8

The US imported lots of foreign energy throughout Trump’s term. US energy imports from Russia increased sharply during Trump’s term. Here’s what “energy independence” - a political term, not a literal term - actually means and doesn’t mean: https://t.co/7IXD2XmJbC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 15, 2022

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Daniel Dale @ddale8

Prominent Republicans have strongly suggested that the Trump-era US didn’t import foreign energy in general or Russian energy in particular. That’s totally false. An explainer on the very-non-literal, disdained-by-experts phrase “energy independence”: https://t.co/7IXD2XmJbC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 15, 2022

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The narrative, sometimes explicit claims: the “energy independent” US stopped importing foreign energy under Trump (false), then Biden shut down American energy (false), and so the US had to suddenly restart purchases from Russia (false): https://t.co/7IXD2XmJbC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 15, 2022