Donald Trump acted for a year as if he could flip the country with a switch: more oil, more gas, more drilling, fewer rules, fewer environmental standards. The great renaissance of the fossil world. Only very little of that promise remains. What he created instead is a political power move that is expensive, chaotic, and brings no advantage to ordinary households. The price of oil has fallen, but not because of Trump. Companies are producing somewhat more than before, but they owe that to their own technical improvements, not to the government. And despite all the talk of liquid gold, the industry is neither booming nor celebrating. It is struggling with Trump\u2019s own tariffs, which make steel, aluminum, and every new drill hole more expensive. You cannot drill, drill, drill and at the same time drive up material prices. That is economic policy born of political helplessness, not of reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the population it looks just as sobering. Gasoline prices are practically at the same level as a year ago. The bill Trump promised half price refueling was political show business, nothing more. And electricity prices are already rising in double digits, because Trump is keeping coal plants online that should actually be shut down, while at the same time canceling wind and solar projects that would provide cheaper electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n