{"id":183220,"date":"2026-02-27T17:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/183220\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:33:33","slug":"trump-visits-port-of-corpus-christi-to-tout-energy-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/183220\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump visits Port of Corpus Christi to tout energy agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) &#8211; President Donald Trump is set to visit the Port of Corpus Christi, marking his first stop in the region during his second term in office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The visit comes days after Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgns.tv\/2026\/02\/24\/trumps-state-union-will-seek-calm-voters-economic-concerns-ahead-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kgns.tv\/2026\/02\/24\/trumps-state-union-will-seek-calm-voters-economic-concerns-ahead-midterm-elections\/\">State of the Union address<\/a>, where energy policy was a central focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Corpus Christi is the nation\u2019s leading exporter of liquefied natural gas and one of the country\u2019s top petroleum hubs, with 42% of petroleum products nationwide passing through its port.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Trump will tout his \u201cdrill baby drill\u201d agenda during the visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The White House confirmed Trump is traveling aboard Air Force One with a group of special guests, including Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, Reps. Lance Gooden and Michael Cloud, Paul Perez \u2014 president of the National Border Patrol Council \u2014 and actor Dennis Quaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Supporters of the president gathered at the port on Friday, February 27, as did protesters outside the facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The president is expected to highlight fossil fuel production and exports along the Texas Gulf Coast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the White House, Trump\u2019s remarks are expected to begin around 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For more headlines, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgns.tv\/news\/local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KGNS. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) &#8211; President Donald Trump is set to visit the Port of Corpus Christi, marking his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156,73351,73350,73349,73348,73352],"class_list":["post-183220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-drill-baby-drill-agenda","tag-liquefied-natural-gas-exports-texas","tag-port-of-corpus-christi-energy","tag-trump-corpus-christi-visit","tag-trump-texas-gulf-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}