Sabrina Tavernisi

From The New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily. Among the many plans that Donald Trump laid out on his first day as president was a directive to abandon the shift toward clean energy and double down on oil. Today, my colleague Coral Davenport on whether Trump can pull it off and what it would mean for the country if he did. It's Thursday, January 23rd.

From The New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily. Among the many plans that Donald Trump laid out on his first day as president was a directive to abandon the shift toward clean energy and double down on oil. Today, my colleague Coral Davenport on whether Trump can pull it off and what it would mean for the country if he did. It's Thursday, January 23rd.

So, Coral, we're taking a close look this week at the most important parts of Trump's agenda so far. He laid them out with a whole series of executive orders on the first day of his presidency. For Wednesday's show, we looked at measures related to immigration. But today, we wanted to look at his efforts on energy policy, which is obviously hugely important for the U.S.

So, Coral, we're taking a close look this week at the most important parts of Trump's agenda so far. He laid them out with a whole series of executive orders on the first day of his presidency. For Wednesday's show, we looked at measures related to immigration. But today, we wanted to look at his efforts on energy policy, which is obviously hugely important for the U.S.

economy, but also for the climate. You are digging into this in your reporting. Explain what Trump did this week.

economy, but also for the climate. You are digging into this in your reporting. Explain what Trump did this week.

Okay, let's dig into what these orders actually say. But before you really spell that out, Coral, give me a sense of what his reasoning is for doing this. Like, does he say that in the executive orders?

Okay, let's dig into what these orders actually say. But before you really spell that out, Coral, give me a sense of what his reasoning is for doing this. Like, does he say that in the executive orders?

So it enhances their authority in a way.

So it enhances their authority in a way.

So he's taking this kind of extraordinary step, but is the U.S.

So he's taking this kind of extraordinary step, but is the U.S.

Okay, so this may be an energy emergency kind of only by name, but he is declaring it, which means he is signaling that this is an important issue to him. This is going to be central to his new presidency. How does he propose taking it on?

Okay, so this may be an energy emergency kind of only by name, but he is declaring it, which means he is signaling that this is an important issue to him. This is going to be central to his new presidency. How does he propose taking it on?

Okay, so that's a lot of stuff. Let's start with oil, this big one that you mentioned at the beginning.

Okay, so that's a lot of stuff. Let's start with oil, this big one that you mentioned at the beginning.

And why exactly does he want to do those things in particular? Like, how does that fit into his vision?

And why exactly does he want to do those things in particular? Like, how does that fit into his vision?

OK, so that's oil. You talked about a couple of different things. Electric vehicles was another piece of his plan. Tell me about what Trump is proposing on that front.

OK, so that's oil. You talked about a couple of different things. Electric vehicles was another piece of his plan. Tell me about what Trump is proposing on that front.