“We started this conference five years ago to put Alaska on the map for investors and to show that while Alaska is an oil giant, we have so much more to offer the nation and our allies,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said. “By all accounts, Alaska is back on the map.”

Claims of Democrat naysayers notwithstanding, President Trump understandably saw a need to take military action in Iran. Allowing a regime that has called the United States “the Great Satan” and has promoted terror across the world for more than half a century to have a nuclear weapon would pose an unacceptable threat to the American people.

But because roughly one-fifth of all global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the conflict has caused a temporary shortage of oil and gas. Thankfully, however, President Trump realizes that the solution to this real problem for American families lies right here at home — by increasing production of reliable, affordable American energy.