President Donald Trump is a fan of fossil fuels who is determined to boost oil and gas and turn away from renewables — regardless of what some energy executives, fellow Republicans or even Elon Musk have to say on the matter, one of his top energy advisers said Tuesday.
“What I would say is the president is in charge,” said Jarrod Agen, a deputy assistant to the president and executive director of the White House’s National Energy Dominance Council, at POLITICO’s annual Energy Summit.
“The last thing we want is in the short term to have any problems with the grid,” he added.
Trump believes that fossil fuels got a “bad deal” under former President Joe Biden, and the current administration will continue to double down on traditional energy, Agen said. That is despite economic uncertainty brought on during Trump’s term that has roiled energy markets.
