Trump taps fossil fuel advocate chris wright as energy secretary

Chris, in the role of Secretary of Energy, will play a pivotal role in fostering innovation, streamlining processes, and leading the way toward a new era of American prosperity and global peace, according to Trump's press release.

Wright, a staunch advocate for the use of fossil fuels, is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, an oil services company based in Denver. According to Reuters, he is expected to support Trump's plan to maximise oil and gas production and will seek ways to increase electricity generation.

Wright calls climate change activists alarmists and compares the Democrats' efforts to combat global warming to Soviet-style communism.

- There is no climate crisis, nor are we undergoing an energy transformation - he said in a video posted on his LinkedIn profile last year.

Trump himself has repeatedly called for increased oil drilling, echoing the slogan "Drill baby, drill."

President-elect Donald Trump has already announced several nominations for future U.S. secretaries of state. Among them are the hardline stance supporter, Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio, and Fox News host Pete Hegseth, a veteran who is set to become the U.S. Secretary of Defence or the so-called head of the Pentagon.

Hegseth's nomination was particularly surprising to mainstream Republican politicians.

Trump also nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., known for his anti-vaccine views, as head of the Department of Health. RFK Jr. – as he is commonly known across the ocean – is the son of Robert Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy.

Recently, Kennedy has been trying to soften his image. He strongly dislikes being called an anti-vaxxer and defends against this label. In his election campaign before the 5th of November, he announced that he does not intend to prohibit vaccines but "wants to give people a choice."