Here’s What Trump Revealed About The Keystone XL Pipeline

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that the long-debated Keystone XL pipeline could return as part of a broader trade agreement being negotiated between the United States and Canada.

Trump made the comments while announcing a temporary pause on planned 50 percent tariffs against Canada. Those tariffs had been scheduled to take effect the following morning, but Trump said they would be delayed for three days while officials worked to finalize an agreement.

“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He then raised the possibility that Keystone XL, one of the most politically controversial energy projects of the past two decades, could be brought back.

“The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave!” Trump wrote.

Trump followed the message with an AI-generated image showing himself digging the pipeline out of a grave marked with the words “Buried by Biden.”

The original Keystone XL proposal dates back to 2008. It was designed to carry crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska. From there, existing pipeline networks would transport the oil toward refineries along the Gulf Coast.

The project became a major political fight over energy development, jobs, environmental concerns and U.S.-Canada relations.

Former President Barack Obama rejected the project in 2015. Trump revived it after taking office in 2017, granting approval for construction. That effort ended again in 2021 when former President Joe Biden revoked the project’s presidential permit shortly after taking office.

Trump has made expanding North American energy infrastructure a priority since returning to the White House.