Trump’s energy policy a ‘giant chess game’: Tiana Lowe Doescher at CPAC

Published March 27, 2026 1:24pm ET



Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher criticized U.S. energy policy on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, advocating for increased domestic oil and gas production as a way to strengthen national security.

“I’ve almost thought about the president’s foreign policy as this giant chess game. It is kind of 4D chess,” Doescher said.

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