When President Biden jetted off Wednesday for his first major foreign policy journey, the drag of his burdensome energy policy was such as to evoke wonder that Air Force One was able to get airborne. In less than five months, he has given his blessing for a valuable natural gas pipeline for Europeans but has condemned a similarly essential oil conduit for Americans. The irony of the president's energy policy indicates to foreign competitors that in the Biden book, U.S. interests carry less weight than their own.