Donald Trump told top aides he would direct the Department of Defense to clear a queue of long delayed onshore wind projects to incentivize Democrats to support a legislative agreement on permitting. The proposal involves lifting an administration blockade on wind energy development as part of a wider bipartisan compromise.

Constraints on the executive branch's power to manipulate the permitting process would be a requirement for a bipartisan agreement, according to Alec Tapp. Such limits would aim to prevent future presidents from unilaterally using the process to block specific energy projects.