President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement Friday afternoon that his pick for Interior secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, would also coordinate a new council on energy policy is a sign the incoming administration will make energy production a core part of its domestic policy.

Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as both interior secretary and energy “czar” to oversee efforts to gut climate rules and expand fossil fuel production.

Lago during an America First Policy Institute dinner, where he said he'd be appointing Burgum on Friday to a "very big position." Moments later, Trump decided to let the news slip early, telling the crowd that he's picked Burgum to lead the Department of Interior.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.

President-elect Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior and a newly created National Energy Council, giving the North Dakota governor significant influence over the incoming administration’s efforts to boost domestic oil and gas production.