Doug Burgum

And if we can reduce the number of people working for the federal government, which the Biden administration increased that a lot. I mean, you saw the jobs report during this time, and, oh, jobs are up 200,000. Well, 150,000 of them might have been government jobs.

And so even if we just get back to where we were when President Trump left office, it would be a huge boost for the economy, and it would take a big burden off of the federal government, reduce the cost. I mean, we can save billions and billions of dollars, certainly in the interior, but I know in every department, every agency, we can do that just through common business sense decisions.

And so even if we just get back to where we were when President Trump left office, it would be a huge boost for the economy, and it would take a big burden off of the federal government, reduce the cost. I mean, we can save billions and billions of dollars, certainly in the interior, but I know in every department, every agency, we can do that just through common business sense decisions.

Well, it's great that you bring up the east or west, because we do have states in the east that have between zero and 2% that are public lands, but you get out west, Wyoming is over 40%, Utah over 60%, Nevada over 80% of federal land, Alaska, which is the size of California, plus Texas, plus Montana, plus New Mexico, over half of Alaska, public lands.

Well, it's great that you bring up the east or west, because we do have states in the east that have between zero and 2% that are public lands, but you get out west, Wyoming is over 40%, Utah over 60%, Nevada over 80% of federal land, Alaska, which is the size of California, plus Texas, plus Montana, plus New Mexico, over half of Alaska, public lands.

I mean, we have so much land, these 500 million acres, but out west, we got fast-growing metro areas like in Las Vegas and Clark County. You've got the whole population area in Utah that's booming between Ogden and Salt Lake. They're constrained by federal lands, and there's an opportunity with land swaps. We did one, President Trump believes in using these, resources widely.

I mean, we have so much land, these 500 million acres, but out west, we got fast-growing metro areas like in Las Vegas and Clark County. You've got the whole population area in Utah that's booming between Ogden and Salt Lake. They're constrained by federal lands, and there's an opportunity with land swaps. We did one, President Trump believes in using these, resources widely.

We did a land swap, a couple hundred thousand acres of federal for about the same amount of land with the state of Utah. And then we filled in the checkerboard of some wilderness areas that we want to protect. They got 200,000 acres of land that they can use for housing or for resource development.

We did a land swap, a couple hundred thousand acres of federal for about the same amount of land with the state of Utah. And then we filled in the checkerboard of some wilderness areas that we want to protect. They got 200,000 acres of land that they can use for housing or for resource development.

And there is a special law for Southern Nevada, the Southern Nevada Lands Act, which then gives us special authorities to help sell those lands to Nevada to help take off the strain, because that's driving up the cost of housing and the American dream. Part of the reason why the American dream is out of reach is because of land costs out in some of these Western cities.

And there is a special law for Southern Nevada, the Southern Nevada Lands Act, which then gives us special authorities to help sell those lands to Nevada to help take off the strain, because that's driving up the cost of housing and the American dream. Part of the reason why the American dream is out of reach is because of land costs out in some of these Western cities.

Like NEDC, it's kind of like ACDC. You put a little lightning bolt in between there. I think we'll have T-shirts for the NEDC. But we already had a National Economic Council, so we didn't have two acronyms within the White House with the same council initials.

Like NEDC, it's kind of like ACDC. You put a little lightning bolt in between there. I think we'll have T-shirts for the NEDC. But we already had a National Economic Council, so we didn't have two acronyms within the White House with the same council initials.

Well, we're definitely on track. And when we talk about dominance, this is about that we sell energy to our friends and allies so they don't have to buy it from our adversaries. I mean, the two wars that we're in right now that are going on that are essentially proxy wars, one with Iran who is funding 24 terror groups, they were funding it and still are with the sale of oil.

Well, we're definitely on track. And when we talk about dominance, this is about that we sell energy to our friends and allies so they don't have to buy it from our adversaries. I mean, the two wars that we're in right now that are going on that are essentially proxy wars, one with Iran who is funding 24 terror groups, they were funding it and still are with the sale of oil.

Biden administration, the sanctions completely failed. During the Biden administration, they sold estimated between $200 to $300 billion worth of oil and gas. Under Trump, one, he had Iran financially on their knees because the sanctions actually worked. Russia, as I said earlier, they spent 10 years co-opting everybody in Western Europe to believe that climate extremism was the

Biden administration, the sanctions completely failed. During the Biden administration, they sold estimated between $200 to $300 billion worth of oil and gas. Under Trump, one, he had Iran financially on their knees because the sanctions actually worked. Russia, as I said earlier, they spent 10 years co-opting everybody in Western Europe to believe that climate extremism was the

existential threat as opposed to the existential threat might have been like Iran getting a nuclear weapon or Russia with the conflict going on in Ukraine. Those are some things that were, Russia then invaded and the price of oil went up and Russia made more money than they've ever made. And then of course we said, oh now, and then Biden said, we're gonna sanction these guys.

existential threat as opposed to the existential threat might have been like Iran getting a nuclear weapon or Russia with the conflict going on in Ukraine. Those are some things that were, Russia then invaded and the price of oil went up and Russia made more money than they've ever made. And then of course we said, oh now, and then Biden said, we're gonna sanction these guys.

Well, when they sanctioned them, Iran and Russian oil went down in price. Who is buying it all? China. I mean, we turned our adversaries into China's discount gas station and China was laughing all the way to the bank. China's filling their strategic petroleum reserve to record levels. Biden drained ours in half ahead of the midterms to try to manage price.