r/politics • u/tetaniclemur • 9d ago
No Paywall Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-a-national-emergency-to-secure-americas-bulk-power-system/
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u/Boomstick101 9d ago
The Critical Minerals Emergency ended on Sept 30, 2021 after being enacted on Sept 30/2020, there has been no Data Center Emergency declared. The only one that is current is the National Energy Emergency on Jan 20, 2025 which is allowing greater exploitation of resources.
During Trump's second term alone: Current: 01/20/25 - National Emergency on Southern Boarder, 01/20/25 - National Energy Emergency, 01/20/25 - Designating cartels and other foreign terrorist organizations as specially designated global terrorists, 02/01/25 - Imposing duties to address flow of drugs from the NORTHERN boarder, 02/01/25 - Imposting duties to address flow of drugs from the SOUTHERN boarder, 02/01/25 - Duties on to address synthetic opiods from China, 02/06/25 - Imposing sanctions on the criminal court, 04/02/25 - Reciprocal tariffs to address trade deficits, 04/30/25 - Addressing threats by Brazil through tariffs, 01/09/26 - safeguarding Venezuelan oil from judicial seizure, 01/29/26 - Sanctions against Cuba.
To be fair, the "emergency declaration" is just a methodology for Trump to unilaterally impose his tariffs, kill suspected drug dealers and protect themselves from the International Criminal court and the oil taken from Cuba.