Trump Uncovers 'Trillion Dollar' Scam Started by Barack Obama — Will Finally End It

The Trump administration has uncovered a ‘trillion-dollar’ scam that was put into place under the Obama administration. And the good news—it’s finally coming to an end.

The Trump administration is torching just the central pillar of the Democrats’ climate hoax economy — and with it, the trillion-dollar regulatory boondoggle that’s strangled the American auto industry and forced working families into electric vehicles they don’t want and can’t afford.

At an auto dealership in Indiana, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin unveiled the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, the legal justification for a tidal wave of greenhouse gas regulations on cars, trucks, and engines.

“If finalized, rescinding the Endangerment Finding and resulting regulations would end $1 trillion or more in hidden taxes on American businesses and families,” Zeldin said Tuesday.

The EPA administrator explained that the agency would no longer ‘get creative’ making up laws that impose regulatory burdens on Americans.

As Zeldin put it, “Obama and Biden EPAs twisted the law, ignored precedent, and warped science to achieve their preferred ends and stick American families with hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden taxes every single year.”

Congress never voted for any of this. And thanks to recent Supreme Court rulings — West Virginia v. EPA, Michigan v. EPA, Loper Bright — the legal ground under this regulatory house of cards is rapidly eroding.

This move guts the Biden administration’s EV mandate, kills the hated stop-start engine requirement, and rolls back the most aggressive parts of Obama’s climate agenda. It’s a massive statement: climate absolutism is over.

According to Zeldin, the repeal could save Americans more than $54 billion annually by eliminating rules that have driven up car prices, disrupted supply chains, and buried manufacturers under red tape.

This EPA move comes amid a coordinated rollback of Green New Deal-style policies across the board. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright called the repeal “a monumental step toward returning to commonsense policies that expand access to affordable, reliable, secure energy and improve quality of life for all Americans.”

Even blue-collar America is cheering. Chris Spear, president of the American Trucking Association, said Biden’s Phase 3 EV truck mandate would have “crippled our supply chain” and “kicked innovation to the curb.” That mandate is now dead on arrival.

But the biggest impact isn’t financial — it’s legal.

The Endangerment Finding was the statutory pretext used by Obama, Biden, and EPA career staff to extend regulatory power well beyond what Congress ever authorized. In 2009, they unilaterally declared that carbon dioxide and five other gases "endangered" human health — despite the fact that some of the gases weren’t emitted by vehicles, and that CO₂ itself was never assessed independently.

It was a backdoor move to justify sweeping emissions rules under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act, even though the statute was never intended to regulate global temperatures. The Biden administration doubled down, using it to justify the electric vehicle mandate, choke out gas-powered cars, and drive energy costs through the roof.

The new proposal takes that legal reality seriously. It argues that the Endangerment Finding was based on speculative science, misused statutory language, and ignored the costs and consequences of the rules it justified. It also cites updated climate models and emissions data that contradict key assumptions in the 2009 findings.

There were a number of Republicans who heralded the news as a win for the American people.

“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, America is returning to free and open dialogue around climate and energy policy - driving the focus back to following the data,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. “Today’s announcement is a monumental step toward returning to commonsense policies that expand access to affordable, reliable, secure energy and improve quality of life for all Americans.”

“The Obama-Biden EPA used regulations as a political tool and hurt American competitiveness without results to show for it. Today's announcement is a win for consumer choice, common sense, and American energy independence. President Trump, Secretary Wright, and Administrator Zeldin are returning the EPA to its proper role, and I'm proud they chose Indiana as the place to make this announcement because our state is proof we can protect our environment and support American jobs,” said Governor Mike Braun.

“Thanks to the outstanding work of President Trump, Administrator Zeldin, and Secretary Wright, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy are ending costly, sweeping vehicle emissions standards and ending the authoritarian EV mandates. Once again, this administration is standing up for common sense and our great American automakers and consumers. I thank Administrator Zeldin and Secretary Wright for their historic action to unleash American innovation, implement sound energy policies, and lower costs for American families,” said Congressman Jim Baird.

"The Endangerment Finding has long been a Democrat tool to issue burdensome regulations that ignore commonsense science in pursuit of radical Green New Deal aligned agendas. I applaud Secretary Wright, Director Zeldin and the entire Trump Administration for making sure we cut the red tape that is unnecessarily impeding American business, while also preserving our nation's precious natural resources,” said Congressman Mark Messmer.

Democrats are already preparing to sue. Climate activists are calling it the “destruction of climate policy.” But this is what accountability looks like. For 16 years, unelected bureaucrats imposed economy-wide rules with trillion-dollar consequences based on vague, untested theories. That era is ending.

The repeal also marks a political earthquake. For a Democratic Party already rattled by the collapse of its electric vehicle narrative, dismal poll numbers, and rising backlash from union workers and middle-class voters — this is gasoline on the fire. Biden and his climate czars invested everything in their EV agenda. Now it’s unraveling in real time.

It’s not just bad policy. It’s bad politics. Americans want to buy affordable gas, not to get forced into electric vehicles. They want better lives based on actual science, not authoritarianism posing as “science.”