Independently verified: both cited sources are real, live, and support the claim. The 2016 policy address (p2016.org) confirms the promise's substance ('$50 trillion' in federal reserves; 'More than a $30 billion increase in annual wages over the next 7 years'); the speech actually cited ~400,000 jobs/year rather than 500,000, so the tracked text slightly compresses the figures, but the core energy-deregulation-for-jobs pledge is faithfully captured. Trump did not merely support this once — as President he comprehensively LED and DROVE the lifting of energy restrictions across both terms: first-term America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, ANWR leasing (via the 2017 tax law), Keystone XL and Dakota Access approvals, and repeal of the federal coal-leasing moratorium; second-term Executive Order 14154 'Unleashing American Energy' (Jan 20, 2025) directing all agencies to review/rescind regulations burdening oil, gas, coal and nuclear, reopening Alaska/ANWR, and a declared national energy emergency. That sustained, self-initiated executive campaign is textbook CHAMPIONED. It falls short of FULL because the specific quantified deliverables (500,000 jobs and $30B in added wages attributable to energy over seven years) are not verifiably met and are contested. Opposite-party test: a Democrat who drove clean-energy expansion via executive orders and legislation (e.g., the IRA) with similarly contested job numbers would also earn CHAMPIONED, so the label is not partisan-lenient. Confidence 0.8 reflects the strongly documented leadership on the promised mechanism tempered by the unverified outcome metrics.