President Donald Trump has "unplugged" former President Joe Biden's restrictions on coal production, Montana GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte told Newsmax, praising the four executive orders signed by the president on Tuesday.
"It was an honor to be in the East Room with the president standing shoulder to shoulder today" with coal miners "as he literally unplugged the failed Biden energy policy," Gianforte told "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE."
"This is a great day for American energy, both for economic reasons and for national security reasons."
Gianforte noted in the interview how his own state, Montana, stands to benefit from Trump's new energy policy.
"It's a huge deal for us. Montana has more coal reserves than any other state in the United States. We've been not only keeping our own lights on for decades. We've been exporting energy to the West Coast. We've kept the lights on in Seattle. And we have massive amounts of coal that are mined in Montana being shipped across the North Pacific, keeping the lights on in Tokyo as well."
As of Tuesday evening, the Federal Register did provide an update listing the executive orders.
But according to Gianforte, some of the provisions in the executive orders would "remove discrimination in the federal government against coal" and "authorize the Department of Justice to go after woke states that are trying to pick winners and losers."
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