Trump’s Timber Triumph: An America First Blueprint for Prosperity

Trump’s Timber Triumph: An America First Blueprint for Prosperity: The stakes are stark. In 2023, America devoured 47 billion board feet of softwood lumber, with Canada — a nation we’ve coddled too long — supplying 28%. That’s billions funneled abroad while our forests stood idle, choked by red tape thicker than an old-growth oak. Trump’s order slashes permitting delays by up to 18 months, unleashing Southeast plantations and Northwest timberlands to fuel a domestic surge.