Doug Burgum

David, it's great to be with you. Thank you for coming down and seeing this amazing facility.

Well, I think President Trump, one of his core goals, if we talk about energy dominance, which is beyond energy independence, it's not just a slogan. It's really about how do we have the power to power AI in America? How do we power the remanufacturing in America? And then how do we sell energy to our friends and allies so that they don't have to buy it from our adversaries?

Well, I think President Trump, one of his core goals, if we talk about energy dominance, which is beyond energy independence, it's not just a slogan. It's really about how do we have the power to power AI in America? How do we power the remanufacturing in America? And then how do we sell energy to our friends and allies so that they don't have to buy it from our adversaries?

And what you and I had a chance to see today is the largest LNG export facility in America, the second largest in the world.

And what you and I had a chance to see today is the largest LNG export facility in America, the second largest in the world.

Absolutely. And part of the amazing energy transformation that I think is not fully appreciated by most Americans is when this plant began in the early 2000s, it was meant to be an LNG import facility. America was running out of oil and gas. And they said, wait, we got to be ready to start importing it just to meet our needs.

Absolutely. And part of the amazing energy transformation that I think is not fully appreciated by most Americans is when this plant began in the early 2000s, it was meant to be an LNG import facility. America was running out of oil and gas. And they said, wait, we got to be ready to start importing it just to meet our needs.

Well, along comes the shale gas revolution, again, driven by technology, that technology of horizontal drilling, that ability to, you know, fractionate rock and get oil and gas out of places that people thought was just impossible that we would ever be retrieving. Those resources from those hard rock shale locations.

Well, along comes the shale gas revolution, again, driven by technology, that technology of horizontal drilling, that ability to, you know, fractionate rock and get oil and gas out of places that people thought was just impossible that we would ever be retrieving. Those resources from those hard rock shale locations.

And so then this thing, after the financial crisis, turned around and began its life as an export facility. And now, as you say, the only one larger in the world is in the Middle East.

And so then this thing, after the financial crisis, turned around and began its life as an export facility. And now, as you say, the only one larger in the world is in the Middle East.

It's been quite a journey, you know, starting out in a town of 300 people in North Dakota with all gravel streets and no computers to end up having an opportunity to be part of a software startup, you know, grow that business, take it public, have a great run as a public company, get acquired in an all stock deal by Microsoft, stayed there for seven years, you know, helping grow Microsoft from 40,000 people to 90,000 people.

It's been quite a journey, you know, starting out in a town of 300 people in North Dakota with all gravel streets and no computers to end up having an opportunity to be part of a software startup, you know, grow that business, take it public, have a great run as a public company, get acquired in an all stock deal by Microsoft, stayed there for seven years, you know, helping grow Microsoft from 40,000 people to 90,000 people.

And there was 2,000 of us at Great Plains when we got acquired. There was 1,200 in Fargo, 400 rest of North America, 400 rest of the world. We become this improbable global software company coming from the Great Plains. And then when I left Microsoft to presumably spend more time with kids, retire, that was an epic fail. Ended up in two more startups within six months.

And there was 2,000 of us at Great Plains when we got acquired. There was 1,200 in Fargo, 400 rest of North America, 400 rest of the world. We become this improbable global software company coming from the Great Plains. And then when I left Microsoft to presumably spend more time with kids, retire, that was an epic fail. Ended up in two more startups within six months.

Was involved in three more software IPOs and dozens of other startups.

Was involved in three more software IPOs and dozens of other startups.

uh businesses and i mean software businesses and then in 2016 at a time when we were having an energy collapse in prices uh there was an open seat for governor and i threw my hat in the ring and we were down 69 10 in the polls in january the primary was in june uh catherine was who became the first lady was like oh we've got a great life let's why would we why would we get into politics why would we get into that and i assured her that

uh businesses and i mean software businesses and then in 2016 at a time when we were having an energy collapse in prices uh there was an open seat for governor and i threw my hat in the ring and we were down 69 10 in the polls in january the primary was in june uh catherine was who became the first lady was like oh we've got a great life let's why would we why would we get into politics why would we get into that and i assured her that

We had no chance of winning. She didn't have to ever worry about being first lady. But this would be fun for six months to create some competition. But we ended up winning that primary and then went on. It was a good year for outsiders. So we took office about a... In North Dakota, you start middle of December. So about 36 days ahead of President Trump, we were sworn in.