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Wright on Will Cain Show: Investment Flowing Back to the United States

March 11, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:05:21

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News’s Will Cain that President Trump is a businessman practicing his craft as a master negotiator, elected to lower costs and grow opportunities for Americans, and working at it seven days a week. He said he could not be more optimistic 50 days into the administration, calling the achievements so far simply tremendous and promising more in the next 50 days.

The host cited companies eyeing expansion back into the United States amid the tariffs and survey figures showing rising CEO confidence and 71 percent of CEOs planning to raise wages over the next year. Wright said he loved that last number, agreed tariffs incentivize investment in the United States, and added that a smarter, more practical business climate is itself a draw for capital.

Wright said he was attending an energy conference in Houston where he had spoken with leaders from all over the world, and the one common theme was how they can increase their investments in the United States — which he called energizing evidence that common sense has returned to Washington.

Why it matters

The appearance is an early-administration progress claim aimed at business sentiment: tariffs plus a friendlier regulatory climate, Wright argues, are already pulling global capital toward the United States.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright joins Fox News’s Will Cain - March 11th, 2025”, 2025-03-11 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-03-11). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.