TRUMPCLAIM TRACKER

Commitment · Energy

Approve new liquefied-natural-gas export projects

In progressAssessment: 2025-01-23Catalogue review: 2026-10-17

The commitment and its scope

Approve new liquefied-natural-gas export projects

Summary in our words, not a verbatim quotation. The linked statement provides the full wording.

When stated
2023–2024 campaign
Deadline or condition
First day in office
Who can deliver
Executive agencies, Congress, regulators and private markets

What the evidence establishes

Trump lifted the earlier pause on approvals. Individual permitting, construction and operation remained separate steps.

PolitiFact's published rating: In the Works. The navigation label is In progress.

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Sources and history

  1. PolitiFact: dated assessment and evidence
  2. PolitiFact: promise wording and status history
  3. Statement source linked by the publisher

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