Doug Burgum

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.

Had four amazing years working with President Trump as a governor. There was a win behind our back. And then second term, we got reelected by the largest margin in the country of any race. But then I was serving as a governor under the Biden administration. And in a state where we're rapidly becoming a very resource-rich state, we had climbed to being the number two oil producer in the country.

Had four amazing years working with President Trump as a governor. There was a win behind our back. And then second term, we got reelected by the largest margin in the country of any race. But then I was serving as a governor under the Biden administration. And in a state where we're rapidly becoming a very resource-rich state, we had climbed to being the number two oil producer in the country.

We had tremendous coal resources, incredible agriculture resources, and in ranching. And the Biden administration really was having a war on whether it was timber, grazing, oil and gas, coal, critical minerals. I mean, anything that had to do with extraction, there was a regulatory battle going on.

We had tremendous coal resources, incredible agriculture resources, and in ranching. And the Biden administration really was having a war on whether it was timber, grazing, oil and gas, coal, critical minerals. I mean, anything that had to do with extraction, there was a regulatory battle going on.

would have to say that a part of me not just became frustrated, I became very concerned about the future of the country. And that led to, you know, jumping at the national level and saying, hey, we've got to have a policy because if we don't have energy security, we're not going to have national security. And that's what really drove sort of us sitting here right now today.

would have to say that a part of me not just became frustrated, I became very concerned about the future of the country. And that led to, you know, jumping at the national level and saying, hey, we've got to have a policy because if we don't have energy security, we're not going to have national security. And that's what really drove sort of us sitting here right now today.

Well, we were in touch because, you know, we knew each other as a governor would know a president. Right. But I was never really running against President Trump. And I think the record shows that. I was really running against these horrifically dangerous and, you know, unsound, unsafe policies of the Biden administration, which are almost too numerous to enumerate.

Well, we were in touch because, you know, we knew each other as a governor would know a president. Right. But I was never really running against President Trump. And I think the record shows that. I was really running against these horrifically dangerous and, you know, unsound, unsafe policies of the Biden administration, which are almost too numerous to enumerate.

When I left office last December 15th, just December 15th of 2024, as governor, I was involved in 30 lawsuits against the Biden administration. Many of them, including against the agency, the bureaus that I'm now leading, because the regulatory regime was such that it wasn't about regulating oil and gas. It was about eliminating oil and gas from America.

When I left office last December 15th, just December 15th of 2024, as governor, I was involved in 30 lawsuits against the Biden administration. Many of them, including against the agency, the bureaus that I'm now leading, because the regulatory regime was such that it wasn't about regulating oil and gas. It was about eliminating oil and gas from America.

And if there was some sort of false god around climate ideology that was being chased, it was like, oh, if we stop... The supply coming from the U.S. were going to somehow save the planet. But there was no reduction of demand. The demand was just being filled by, you know, Iran, Venezuela, Russia. And they were funding wars against us.

And if there was some sort of false god around climate ideology that was being chased, it was like, oh, if we stop... The supply coming from the U.S. were going to somehow save the planet. But there was no reduction of demand. The demand was just being filled by, you know, Iran, Venezuela, Russia. And they were funding wars against us.

So, I mean, I thought it was the closest thing to insanity that I'd ever seen. And so when we dropped out very quickly, I was the first of any of the other candidates to endorse President Trump and then spent last year campaigning for him.

So, I mean, I thought it was the closest thing to insanity that I'd ever seen. And so when we dropped out very quickly, I was the first of any of the other candidates to endorse President Trump and then spent last year campaigning for him.

Well, I love what I'm doing and I love the role because, of course, as a Western person,

Well, I love what I'm doing and I love the role because, of course, as a Western person,

western governor uh we have all the things that interior has as governor of north dakota which is a jam-packed fun job uh you've got your chairman of the land board and just being governor well then you know dealing with land and minerals and all the leasing and all the issues with the energy industry you're also the head of the water commission uh interior has the bureau of reclamation which is the second largest hydroelectric producer in the country and manages

western governor uh we have all the things that interior has as governor of north dakota which is a jam-packed fun job uh you've got your chairman of the land board and just being governor well then you know dealing with land and minerals and all the leasing and all the issues with the energy industry you're also the head of the water commission uh interior has the bureau of reclamation which is the second largest hydroelectric producer in the country and manages

You know, the miracle of irrigation that Theodore Roosevelt came up with. We wouldn't have agriculture in Arizona or California without that. And then Bureau of Indian Affairs is part of Interior. And that's something I had a lot of experience with and all the challenges that we face in terms of health care and education on the tribal areas. So across the whole realm of Interior,