Other Trump orders include reversing a policy of pushing carmakers to make 50% of their output be electric vehicles by 2030, which the Republican frequently says would jack up costs and limit consumer choice. He also withdrew from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which he said unfairly required the US to reduce emissions more than China.

Trump will declare a "national energy emergency" among several executive actions to carry out his long-promised "drill, baby, drill" agenda.