Trump campaigned on ‘drill, baby, drill’ to protect American energy and workers, yet his military escalation in Iran is spiking oil prices and accelerating the global shift to clean energy he spent years attacking. The Strait of Hormuz crisis is forcing countries away from the fossil fuels he staked his presidency on defending, while China captures the renewable energy market as the real winner. He promised to save oil jobs and lower energy costs—instead he’s destroying both.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/03/trump-clean-energy-iran-war-global-shift-oil-gas