Burgum touts AI data centers, calls Iran war ‘gift to the world’ in speech to oil industry

By: Jacob Orledge

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 885

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum praised artificial intelligence, energy dominance and oil industry innovation in a winding speech to the oil and gas industry in Bismarck on Thursday.

While Burgum’s speech focused on domestic energy production, he also defended the Trump administration’s war in Iran and the “detour” it has taken. He said Iran’s government is a terrorist group that has led a “tyrannical reign” over its own citizens for decades, and the United States …

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