At a speech about the future of American energy policy delivered at the Department of Energy today, President Trump talked about what he called "fake" outrage about solutions to the oil crisis in the late 20th century.



"We're here today to usher in a new American energy policy, one that unlocks millions and millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in wealth," Trump said. "For over 40 years, America was vulnerable to foreign regimes that used energy as an economic weapon. Americans' quality of life was diminished by the idea that energy resources were too scarce to support our people. We always thought that. And actually, at the time, it was right to think, we didn't think we had this tremendous wealth under our feet. Many of us remember the long gas lines and the constant claims that the world was running out of oil and natural gas."



The president said we have learned a lot about "fake" lately. He then mentioned "fake news" and specifically pointed out CNN. He then joked that the camera just went off.



"Americans were told that our nation could only solve this energy crisis by imposing draconian restrictions on energy production. But we now know that was all a big, beautiful myth. It was fake. Don't we love that term? Fake. What we've learned about fake over the last little while. Fake news. CNN. Fake. Whoops, that camera just went off," Trump said.



"Okay, you can come back... I promise I won't say anything more about you. I see that red light go off, I say, whoa," Trump said to someone not seen on camera.