The United States could be sitting on natural resources of oil, gas, and minerals worth $100 trillion, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told an audience at a Washington, D.C., policy event on Wednesday.

Burgum was interviewed by Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matt Boyle Wednesday morning. Burgum said when he first got to Washington, he would often discuss the country’s national debt with “anyone in a position of authority.”

“I said, you know, ‘What’s our debt?’ Thirty-six and a half trillion. ‘What are our assets?’ I mean, I challenge anybody to go try to find a current balance sheet for the United States of America,” Burgum said.

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