President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 16 that he would nominate Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy in his second term.
“I am thrilled to announce that Chris Wright will be joining my Administration as both United States Secretary of Energy, and Member of the newly formed Council of National Energy,” Trump wrote in a statement posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Wright, a private sector energy executive, is on track to fill one of the most critical roles in Trump’s second term, after the president-elect promised to massively increase American energy production during his second term to combat inflation….
