Trump wasn't lying when he said the US was "energy independent" in 2020: the US exported more crude+products that year than it imported; that's one of the pop definitions of "energy independent." But the US also exported more than it imported in 2021. 2/ https://t.co/2OGcZ3FdgL pic.twitter.com/cSbFdDYwXD
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2022
I post this data because, the way some GOP lawmakers and pundits talk about "energy independence," it can sound like the US had ceased using foreign/Russian oil by the end of Trump's tenure, then started again under Biden. That's very much not what happened.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2022