Trump Responds to Incoming UK Prime Minister’s North Sea Oil Plans, Says UK Will Go From “Poverty Stricken Disaster, to One of the Richest Countries Anywhere in the World!”
by Jordan Conradson Jul. 19, 2026
President Trump applauded incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burham on Sunday amid reported plans to open oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, saying the move will make the UK “one of the Richest Countries anywhere in the World.”
“The People of Aberdeen, in Scotland, are dancing in the streets,”Trump said.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Burham, who was widely expected to become as unpopular as Starmer, plans to reverse Starmer’s policy of banning oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.
Burham is unexpectedly preparing to announce plans to drill in the North Sea when he takes office on Monday.
This will break from the Labor Party’s 2024 pledge against issuing new drilling licenses.
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President Trump, who was highly critical of ex-Prime Minister Keir Starmer celebrated the news,saying the North Sea is "one of the Greatest Sources of quality Oil on Earth, has hundreds of years of Capacity left, with much not even found yet, andwill make the United Kingdom, from a Poverty Stricken Disaster, to one of the Richest Countries anywhere in the World!"
"Britain pays Norway Billions of Dollars a year to buy its Oil, which they get from a less valuable part of the North Sea — How ridiculous is that!" Trump continued.
"Also, word is that the UK is going to move the old and horrible looking windmills, which loom over and destroy the City of Aberdeen," Trump added,noting that the UK has "great potential."
"It all starts with OPENING NORTH SEA OIL. WE LOVE YOU SCOTLAND!"
Trump previously slammed Starmer for bowing to the green energy lunatics and refusing to drill oil in what Trump called “one of the greatest fields in the World.” Trump said in April, “Aberdeen should be booming. Norway sells its North Sea Oil to the UK at double the price. They are making a fortune.”
The President also referenced North Sea oil in a statement on Keir Starmer's resignation last month.
"He failed badly on two very important subjects- IMMIGRATION AND ENERGY (OPEN NORTH SEA OIL!)," Trump said.
(I wonder if PDJT called Burham and congratulated him and then talked about the oil?)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/trump-responds-uk-prime-minister-north-sea-oil/