President Donald Trump turned his attention to Keystone XL pipeline On Monday evening, the call to build the company to “return to America, and obtain it – now!”
Trump said that he was “thinking only” how to get rid of construction on the pipeline by the Biden administration, “and now he promised things under his leadership.
“I know they are very poorly treated by Sleepy Joe Biden, but the Trump administration is completely different – easy approvals, almost an immediate start! If it's not another pipeline. We want the Keystone XL pipeline designed!”
The pipeline was at the forefront of the political debate since the project began to build in 2010, and former President Barack Obama stopped before its completion. Trump revived him during his first term.
President Trump announced that he wanted to resume construction on the Keystone XL pipeline and called on the original construction company to return and build it. (Getty Images)
but, Former President Joe Biden He ordered the cancellation of the pipeline through his first day in his first day in January 2021, which led to thousands of job losses.
TC Energy, Keystone XL pipeline, eventually abandoned the project in June 2021 as a result of Biden's decision to cancel his federal statements.
Then, in 2023, a federal judge threw a legal challenge from nearly twenty states asking the court to restore the pipeline permits.
Keystone XL pipeline is stacked in a square near OYEN, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. US President Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline of TC Energy Corp. pipeline. opening. (Jason Franchon/Bloomberg via Getti Emaiz)
The pipeline was to be End in early 2023 It will transport an additional 830,000 barrels of crude oil from Canada to the United States through an existing pipeline network, according to TC Energy. Thousands of jobs were also expected, many of which would have become union jobs.
In December 2022, the Ministry of Energy at the Biden Administration (DOE) published a report saying that the Keystone XL project would have created between 16,149 and 59,000 jobs and would have had a positive economic impact ranging between 3.4 and 9.6 billion dollars, citing various studies.
Biden officially admits to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline thousands of dollars
Trump and parts of Keystone pipeline. (Getty Images)
“Joe Biden's work costs tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars and every American family is still paying more every day,” Daniel Turner, founder and executive director of Power the Future, shared with Fox News Digital in a previous statement.
The system is designed to transport oil from Alberta to states such as Illinois, Texas and Aukllahoma.
In January, Daniel Smith, Prime Minister of Alberta, said that she is interested in talking to Trump administration On reopening the pipeline project.
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Jason Ishaq, CEO of the American Energy Institute (AEI), told Jason Ishaq, CEO of the American Energy Institute (AEI), said, “The Keystone XL pipeline is in line with President Trump's agenda to reduce food and energy costs by enhancing energy infrastructure in North America and reduce dependence on expensive imports. ”
Another expert said that Trump will likely face litigation if he chose to move forward in building the pipeline, but Congress can help reduce legal procedures.
Aubbari Sibadi, Daniel Wallace from Fox News Digitter and Daniel Wallace contributed to this report.
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