Since winning the presidency, Donald Trump and his top officials have promised oil companies they would deliver on rolling back limits on offshore drilling. But yesterday, the president seemed to change his tune, signing a memorandum limiting drilling off the coast of some states that have become essential for his re-election campaign. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre, on why the president reversed course, and how the announcement took many by surprise, including some in his own party. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy. Ben Lefebvre    is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices