Top News | Trump Invokes Wartime Law to Fulfill 'Wish List for Oil, Gas, and Coal Industries'
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Trump Invokes Wartime Law to Fulfill 'Wish List for Oil, Gas, and Coal Industries' "Trump is abusing emergency authorities and wasting taxpayer resources through unprecedented abuse of the Defense Production Act to promote his politically favored fossil fuel projects." US President Donald Trump on Monday invoked wartime authority in an effort to boost domestic fossil fuel production—with the help of taxpayer funding—as his administration faces growing political backlash over gas price spikes, driven by the illegal assault on Iran. The five presidential memos Trump signed cite his executive powers under the Cold War-era Defense Production Act, which gives the president the ability to expand and accelerate production of key supplies. Critics accused Trump of abusing his emergency authority, once again , to give handouts to an industry profiting massively from the Iran war, which the president launched wit...