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Trump Slams UK’s ‘Very Big Mistake’ on North Sea Energy Policy
- President-elect criticizes UK’s windfall taxes on producers
- Sparks concern about UK-US relationship after Musk tirade
Mobile offshore drilling units stand in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, UK.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergUS President-elect Donald Trump hit out at the UK’s windfall tax on oil and gas producers in a social media post Friday, adding to criticisms from his incoming administration of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s agenda.
“The UK is making a very big mistake. Open Up the North Sea. Get rid of Windmills!” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Friday. The post linked to a November report that US oil firm Apache plans to exit the North Sea after the UK’s Energy Profits Levy rendered operations in the country “uneconomic.”