Donald Trump Friday approved the Keystone XL Pipeline, a project that holds export potential for Canada and the creation of many jobs in both countries. The State Department had previously found that the Keystone was in the US national interest but the then president, Barack Obama, blocked it several times regardless..The 1,180 mile (1,900km) pipeline will carry tar sands oil from Canada to refineries on the Texas coast. While announcing the approval President Trump called it a “great day for American jobs”. “TransCanada will finally be allowed to complete this long overdue project with efficiency and speed,” Mr Trump said in the White House Oval office, joined by TransCanada officials and contractors. Nine years of TransCanada’s pipeline project