Former President Joe Biden sat down with Jay Leno on "Jay Leno's Garage" — a show about cars — and proceeded to brag about destroying the oil industry that makes cars actually function. You genuinely cannot make this stuff up. It's like going on the Food Network to celebrate a famine.
The man went on national television, surrounded by classic automobiles, and said the quiet part loud. On camera. With a smile.
Biden told Leno, "The other thing I was able to do, I made sure there could be no oil drilling off the East Coast, the West Coast and 150 miles off the Gulf of Mexico." That's 625 million acres of offshore drilling that Biden banned in January 2025, right before he shuffled out the door. He also locked up a 10 million-acre drilling block in Alaska for good measure.
Let's pause and appreciate the sheer audacity by the former president. This is the same man who canceled the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office and then spent four years pretending he had nothing to do with rising gas prices. Now he's on a car show — taped in April 2026 at Handel's Ice Cream in La Cañada Flintridge, because of course it was at an ice cream shop — bragging about it like it's his greatest accomplishment.
It might be. Name another one. We'll wait.
The 625 million acres Biden banned from drilling cover virtually the entire coastline of the United States. East Coast. West Coast. And 150 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. That's not an energy policy. That's an energy blockade against your own country.
Americans are still paying through the nose at the pump. Families are still choosing between a full tank and a full grocery cart. And Joe Biden is sitting next to Jay Leno, grinning about how he made sure we can't drill our way out of it.
President Trump has been working to reverse Biden's energy sabotage since day one of his current term, but executive orders banning 625 million acres of drilling aren't undone with a snap of the fingers. The damage was designed to be sticky, and Biden knows it. That's why he's bragging.
This is what they actually believe. They think killing American energy production is a legacy achievement. They think making it harder and more expensive for you to drive your kids to school is something to celebrate on television.
Biden didn't accidentally reveal his agenda. He walked onto a car show, sat in front of the cameras, and told America exactly what he did to them. Believe him.
At least he didn't forget where he was this time.