National Energy Dominance Month, 2025
The document is a Presidential Proclamation issued by Donald J. Trump, the 47th President, declaring October 2025 as National Energy Dominance Month, which serves to formally recommit the administration to policies emphasizing maximum domestic production of oil, natural gas, coal, and minerals.
The President frames this through the lens of energy security being national security, contrasting current actions—such as lifting energy restrictions, reviving the coal industry, and opening new drilling sites—with policies of the previous administration, which are characterized as a "War on Coal" and an "energy emergency."
Arguments For
Reaffirming the Administration's commitment to energy independence and self-sufficiency by maximizing domestic resource extraction, which supporters argue bolsters national security.
Citing potential economic benefits, such as job creation in the energy and extraction sectors, lower domestic energy prices due to increased supply, and renewed global leadership in energy markets.
Justifying regulatory rollbacks by claiming previous restrictions hindered production capacity, leading to vulnerability and high consumer costs when relying on foreign sources.
Positioning increased domestic production as vital for bolstering national power and achieving prosperity, contrasting the current policy with perceived failures of prior administrations.
Arguments Against
Concerns regarding the environmental impact of aggressively increasing extraction of fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) and minerals, potentially contradicting climate goals or leading to habitat degradation.
Potential for increased volatility in global energy markets if policies prioritize rapid, large-scale domestic production without strategic regard for supply management.
Potential for increased friction with international partners or domestic opposition groups concerned about resource management and environmental justice.
Critics may argue that focusing heavily on fossil fuel dominance neglects investment in renewable energy infrastructure, potentially limiting diversification for long-term sustainability.
Presidential Actions
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
From the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River to the Great Plains and beyond, for nearly 250 years, America has been endlessly sustained and enriched by our abundance of precious natural resources like oil, clean coal, minerals, and natural gas. This National Energy Dominance Month, my Administration proudly recommits to harnessing the liquid gold and minerals under our feet and bountiful resources in our waters, forests, and fields, achieving American energy dominance, and forging a future defined by three simple words: “Drill, baby, drill.”
During my first term in office, America became the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world and the coal industry was coming back — after eight hard years of Obama’s War on Coal. Tragically, after the conclusion of my first term, the previous administration launched a war on American energy — reversing all of my historic first term actions, leading all 50 States to hit record-high gas prices. Meanwhile, the Green New Scam shuttered dozens of coal plants leaving our power grid vulnerable, halted mining productions, and shipped our energy jobs from Texas to Tehran, from the Midwest to Moscow, and from Baton Rouge to Beijing. As I have stated many times before, energy security is national security. My predecessor outrageously depleted our Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emboldening our enemies and making us reliant on foreign nations while subjecting the American people to sky-high energy prices here at home.
This period of national self-destruction ended on January 20, 2025. As the 47th President of the United States, my energy policy is defined by maximum production, maximum prosperity, and maximum power. On my first day in office, I declared a National Energy Emergency to lower escalating energy prices. I signed an Executive Order to unleash American energy, which rolled back energy restrictions imposed by the previous administration. I established the National Energy Dominance Council to ensure the American energy industry maintains its global leadership in the decades to come. I also took action to revive America’s dominance in offshore critical minerals and resources, lift burdensome regulations on coal plants to ensure they can continue to run, launch the nuclear energy renaissance, and open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, one of the largest drilling sites in the world. Every day, we are making good on our promise to restore the United States as a global energy superpower — and our work has only just begun. Now, under my Administration, our workers are drilling, mining, and producing like never before.
This month, we continue our crusade to bring back American energy dominance, uplift the American worker, protect the American industry, cherish American resources, and make America the most prosperous country on the face of the Earth.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2025 as National Energy Dominance Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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The text immediately following indicates this is an official government document issued "By the President of the United States of America" and is formally characterized as "A Proclamation."
The proclamation begins by invoking the nation's historical reliance on natural resources like oil, coal, minerals, and natural gas, setting the context for proclaiming October 2025 as National Energy Dominance Month.
The stated goal is to achieve American energy dominance using the slogan "Drill, baby, drill."
The document contrasts the perceived successes of the President's first term—becoming the top oil and gas producer—with subsequent actions by the preceding administration, which allegedly reversed progress, caused high gas prices, shuttered coal plants, and weakened the grid through policies described as the "Green New Scam." Energy security is explicitly linked to national security, criticizing the depletion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The text asserts that a period of "national self-destruction" ended on January 20, 2025, when the 47th President took office. The current energy policy is defined by "maximum production, maximum prosperity, and maximum power." Specific recent actions cited include declaring a National Energy Emergency, signing an Executive Order to lift energy restrictions, establishing the National Energy Dominance Council, reviving offshore mineral extraction, lifting regulations on coal plants, launching a nuclear energy renaissance, and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.
The final substantive paragraph reiterates the commitment for the month to restoring energy dominance, supporting American workers and industry, and maximizing prosperity.
The concluding lines formally declare the proclamation: The President, Donald J. Trump, by the authority granted by the Constitution and U.S. laws, proclaims October 2025 as National Energy Dominance Month.
The document concludes with the date of signing—October 17, 2025—and the President's signature.