The platform said: “Make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far!”
2024 Republican Platform, Promise 4What was done: Oil output hit a record. At the same time, every offshore wind farm under construction was ordered to stop.
EIA says U.S. crude production averaged a record 13.6 million barrels a day in 2025, extending a lead the U.S. has held since 2018. In December 2025, Interior paused the leases and halted construction at all five offshore wind projects then being built, about 5.8 gigawatts of capacity, citing national-security reviews. That came on top of a January 2025 freeze on new offshore wind permits.
Sources
- EIA — U.S. crude production set a record in 2025
- Offshore Wind — Stop-work order to all projects under construction
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