Ерөнхийлөгч Дональд Трамп Канадаас АНУ руу газрын тос тээвэрлэх Keystone XL төслийг дахин эхлүүлэх боломжтой талаар өөрийн цахим хуудсаараа дамжуулан мэдэгдлээ.
Тэрээр “Truth Social” сүлжээндээ хиймэл оюун ухаанаар бүтээсэн, уг хоолойг булшнаас гаргаж буй дүрслэл бүхий зураг нийтэлж, төслийг “үхлээс сэрээх” тухай дурдсан байна. 2008 онд анх танилцуулагдсан энэхүү 1,947 километр урт дамжуулах хоолой нь Канадын Альберта мужаас АНУ-ын Небраска муж хүртэл өдөрт 830,000 баррель түүхий тос тээвэрлэх хүчин чадалтай байхаар төлөвлөгдөж байв. Гэвч байгаль орчны аюулгүй байдал болон нутгийн уугуул иргэдийн эсэргүүцлийн улмаас уг төсөл Ерөнхийлөгч асан Барак Обама болон Жо Байден нарын засаг захиргааны үед зогссон юм.
Энэхүү мэдэгдэл нь АНУ-аас Канадын импортын бараанд ногдуулахаар төлөвлөж байсан 50 хувийн татварыг гурван хоногоор түр зогсоох шийдвэртэй давхцаж байна. Канадын Ерөнхий сайд Марк Карни хоёр улсын хоорондын худалдааны хэлэлцээрт “дорвитой ахиц” гарч байгааг баталсан ч Keystone XL төслийн талаар албан ёсоор дурдаагүй юм. Эх сурвалжуудын мэдээлснээр, хоёр улсын удирдагчид аравдугаар сард болсон уулзалтынхаа үеэр ган, хөнгөн цагаан болон эрчим хүчний салбарын худалдааны асуудлыг хэлэлцэх явцдаа дамжуулах хоолойн асуудлыг хөндсөн байна.
Ерөнхийлөгч Трамп өмнө нь 2025 оны хоёрдугаар сард гаргасан мэдэгдэлдээ уг төслийг хэрэгжүүлэгч компаниудыг бүтээн байгуулалтын ажлыг яаралтай эхлүүлэхийг уриалж байв. Тэрээр өөрийн засаг захиргаа өмнөх төрийн тэргүүнүүдээс ялгаатай нь энэхүү төслийг хурдан хугацаанд батлахад бэлэн байгаагаа илэрхийлсэн юм.
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President Trump has hinted at bringing the Keystone XL oil pipeline “back from the grave” in a pair of Truth Social posts.
One post included an A.I.-generated image showing Trump wrenching a Keystone XL pipe straight out of a grave, as he stands beside a tombstone reading: “Buried by Biden.”
In the background of the image, an American flag can be seen flying while the pipe itself is stamped with a sign reading: “Completely free. Energy. Jobs. America First.”
The Keystone XL extension project was proposed back in 2008 and was designed to bring oil all the way down from Canada’s Alberta tar sands to refineries in the United States. However, the project was paused under former President Joe Biden, who revoked a permit needed for the pipeline in the U.S.
Former President Barack Obama also opposed the project, saying in 2015 that he agreed with the State Department’s determination that the pipeline “would not serve the national interest of the United States.”
According to the Government of Alberta, the pipeline would have spanned 1,947 kilometers from Alberta to Nebraska and would have carried 830,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Keystone XL has become a point of contention ever since it was paused, with environmental groups raising concerns about potential oil spills and Native American tribes arguing that it could threaten indigenous land and water safety.
Writing on Truth Social, though, Trump lauded the project on Tuesday night.
“The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave!” he teased.
Trump made the claim in a post confirming that he was pausing a 50 percent tariff on an array of Canadian imports for three days, ahead of the finalization of a deal between the two countries.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement on X that “substantial progress” had been made on a deal between the two countries and confirmed that the potential U.S. tariffs were being paused.
However, the Canadian leader did not mention the Keystone XL project in his statement.
Carney previously discussed the revival of the Keystone XL pipeline with Trump in October, sources told the BBC. The prime minister was the one to mention the pipeline, as part of a wider conversation surrounding tariffs and steel.
In a statement obtained by the broadcaster, the prime minister said that the two men discussed “opportunities for material progress in trade in steel, aluminium and energy.”
Trump has called for the revival of the project in February 2025, when he said that the company behind the pipeline should “get it built.”
“I know they were treated very badly by Sleepy Joe Biden, but the Trump Administration is very different,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Easy approvals, almost immediate start! If not them, perhaps another Pipeline Company.”
