Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn - report
Last edited Fri May 10, 2024, 10:44 AM - Edit history (1)
Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches
Donald Trump dangled a brazen deal in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Bidens environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell new report.
According to the Washington Post, the former US president made his jaw-dropping pitch, which the paper described as remarkably blunt and transactional, at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago home and club.
In front of more than 20 executives, including from Chevron, Exxon and Occidental Petroleum, he promised to increase oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, remove hurdles to drilling in the Alaskan Arctic, and reverse new rules designed to cut car pollution. He would also overturn the Biden administrations decision in January to pause new natural gas export permits which have been denounced as climate bombs.
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Trumps exhortation to the oil executives that they were wealthy enough to pour $1bn into his campaign war-chest, at the same time pledging a U-turn on Bidens efforts to combat the climate crisis, was immediately denounced on Wednesday by environmental groups.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/trump-oil-ceo-donation
Thanks Hermit for the image.
bringthePaine
(1,748 posts)BOSSHOG
(37,198 posts)Put me in the Oval Office and I will make you richer than you already are. Ill destroy Medicare, social security, meals on wheels and any other obstacles to your getting a larger yacht. I will do all this because you and I have conservative values. And there is no reason I should be prosecuted for crimes I have committed.
I am unapologetic at stating conservative values are malignant cancers that will destroy freedom and democracy and liberty and Justice for all.
I do, however, apologize to English Teachers everywhere.
Traildogbob
(8,939 posts)As all these red states are blowing away with relentless tornadoes and softball hail from storm cloud heights way beyond normal.
I am certain he would be tossing paper towels to HIS states if he was not tied up in court.
Traurigkeit
(538 posts)Traildogbob
(8,939 posts)Sure waste no time blaming natural disasters on woke liberals. There certainly is plenty of reason for some smiting by a supreme power being trashed by his Followers. But if that were something, Mardi Lardo would have a stationary F5 taking care of evil, when the billionaire parties are going on.
Traurigkeit
(538 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,262 posts)Who does Orange Dump think he is to sell out our precious planet to the highest bidder. He makes me so sick. Evidently he doesnt care what kind of world hell leave to his 18 year old son.
Ziggysmom
(3,444 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,947 posts)which is defined as the merging of Government and Corporations......
AND, they aren't even trying to conceal it anymore........Makes you kinda question if they all already know that the "FIX" is in on Trump's winning the election..............
DENVERPOPS
(8,947 posts)which is defined as the merging of Government and Corporations......
AND, they aren't even trying to conceal it anymore........Makes you kinda question if they all already know that the "FIX" is in on Trump's winning the election..............
OAITW r.2.0
(24,891 posts)If documented, how is this not selling out to the highest bidder? Trump is getting desperate on both legal and political fronts,
Justice matters.
(6,965 posts)like always...
No way he's going to win his half-a-billion case on appeal and someone in his cult of sycophants must have told him to kiss that bundle and the one he owes to E.J. Carroll goodbye, so he's trying to sell the planet's future to his effin billionaires' club.
Traurigkeit
(538 posts)Turbineguy
(37,439 posts)And what have future generations ever done for him?
czarjak
(11,378 posts)There'll be takers.
calimary
(81,639 posts)Started working on it yesterday evening.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,624 posts)Click through for several news links about Repukes vs Biden on climate.
calimary
(81,639 posts)Last edited Fri May 10, 2024, 03:16 PM - Edit history (1)
Yeah, therell be more about this, for sure - as more news sources pick up on it.
I found it fascinating that, when this story first broke, you basically had The Guardian on it and everything else I googled was from weeks ago (so it really didnt address what had just happened). But by the end of the day? DAYUM! EVERYBODYs on it! All writethrus were dated by so many HOURS ago, not weeks.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,624 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,642 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,624 posts)I can delete it from my post. It looks a bit big in the thread.
Uncle Joe
(58,642 posts)leave yours up.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,624 posts)But that big png felt like a stop sign at the bottom of the thread.
Dorn
(528 posts)How is this any different than Trump standing on the courthouse steps offering a million dollars to any member of the jury who votes to acquit?
Hekate
(91,146 posts)
that SCOTUS ruling on your invulnerability is already a done deal?
pwb
(11,351 posts)will flock to Joe because of talk like this.
Justice matters.
(6,965 posts)Unless TikTok posts about that end-of-the-world's "deal" go viral...
CCExile
(479 posts)are people, too! Billionaires lives matter! They care! They really do! They put on their $5000 suit pants one leg at a time, just like you! Arglebargle arglebargel...USA! Bibles!
hay rick
(7,688 posts)MSNBC is talking nonstop about who the next Trump trial witness will be on Monday.
Uncle Joe
(58,642 posts)birdographer
(1,390 posts)do they get their money back? A billion dollars is a mighty high bet that he will win. He can't buy the votes of sane and rational Americans no matter how much he spends on campaigning. There will be NO new voters going his way. And what if he has a mental breakdown and becomes a gibbering vegetable (more of one) before the election. Do they get it back then? They would be fools to take him up on this. Hm, wait.
twodogsbarking
(10,024 posts)They already sleep with the Saudis.
Evolve Dammit
(16,865 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,642 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,865 posts)waterwatcher123
(146 posts)It sure looks like Trump committed another crime by promising to use the power of the presidency to take official acts in exchange for payments to his campaign (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/201). He just thinks he is above the law and should be able to do as he pleases.
Turbineguy
(37,439 posts)It puts the individuals at risk of getting fired, SEC investigations etc.
FraDon
(519 posts)soliciting a bribe. Lock him up!
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