President warns Britain should be using the North Sea to boost the economy and reduce bills
President Trump dumped on the UK’s energy policy at yesterday’s press conference by telling Keir Starmer to use the north sea oil and gas to cut bills.
On the day he signed a multi-billion pound deal based on nuclear, AI and other tech, Mr Trump used a press conference to say Britain ought to use its oil and gas reserves to bring down the cost of energy and boost growth.
The President said:
“We had the worst inflation in the history of our country and we had an expression that I used a lot, ‘drill baby drill’ and as you know, we brought fuel way down. Prices way down.
“We don’t do wind because wind is a disaster. It’s a very expensive joke really. We got our energy prices way down and that brought inflation way down. We have very little inflation and we have a very strong economy.”
He went on to say he’d advised the PM to use the North Sea reserves.
