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Uncle Joe

(58,642 posts)
Thu May 9, 2024, 10:35 PM May 9

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 Biden’s 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 administration’s decision in January to pause new natural gas export permits which have been denounced as “climate bombs”.

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Trump’s 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 Biden’s 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.
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Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn - report (Original Post) Uncle Joe May 9 OP
Asshat selling off our assets? bringthePaine May 9 #1
Keep me out of jail because of things I AM GUILTY OF BOSSHOG May 9 #2
Good job Traildogbob May 9 #3
One wonders if some thing other than natural is attempting to say some thing to those states Traurigkeit May 11 #37
The red folk Traildogbob May 11 #38
Telling one: Open your eyes. simple message Traurigkeit May 11 #39
This is just nauseating. Diamond_Dog May 9 #4
My thoughts exactly. He wants to leave the world a better place for his children. Ziggysmom May 10 #25
Well, this is a good example of Fascism DENVERPOPS May 10 #30
Sound's like Fascism to me, DENVERPOPS May 10 #31
A naked Quid-Pro-Quo. OAITW r.2.0 May 9 #5
True, and don't forget his personal financial front... Justice matters. May 10 #18
actual case following the definition of that saying Traurigkeit May 11 #36
He won't live long enough to cook himself. Turbineguy May 9 #6
Pay2Play czarjak May 9 #7
Another ask for our Call to Action email! calimary May 10 #8
A little more for you... Hermit-The-Prog May 10 #11
Thanks! calimary May 10 #21
Adding a little imagery... Hermit-The-Prog May 10 #9
Thanks for the addition Hermit The Prog Uncle Joe May 10 #10
If you want to move the big image to your OP, Hermit-The-Prog May 10 #12
Done, but you might as well Uncle Joe May 10 #13
Leaving the little one Hermit-The-Prog May 10 #14
This is illegal Dorn May 10 #15
Of course it is. sop May 10 #26
"The Art of the Deal" by Donnie Dementia. Who needs inhibitions when the brain worms are telling you... Hekate May 10 #16
With their earth on fire the young vote pwb May 10 #17
Yes, but 75% of them must get off TikTok for a while to GOTV. Justice matters. May 10 #19
Hey! Oil cartels... CCExile May 10 #20
In an unbroken media, this would be the top story. hay rick May 10 #22
You nailed it hay rick Uncle Joe May 10 #23
And so when he loses again birdographer May 10 #24
Do the oil companies really need Trump? They seem to be doing, well, alright. twodogsbarking May 10 #27
With the Citizens United debacle decision, they could do this and would anyone know? Evolve Dammit May 10 #28
I believe Clarence Thomas would know, he has inside connections. Uncle Joe May 10 #29
One photo speaks volumes. Plotting, coup-planning Traitors. Evolve Dammit May 10 #32
Bribery - 18 U.S. Code § 201 waterwatcher123 May 10 #33
This sort of thing may violate corporate anti-corruption policies. Turbineguy May 11 #34
This is nothing less than FraDon May 11 #35

BOSSHOG

(37,198 posts)
2. Keep me out of jail because of things I AM GUILTY OF
Thu May 9, 2024, 10:46 PM
May 9

Put me in the Oval Office and I will make you richer than you already are. I’ll 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)
3. Good job
Thu May 9, 2024, 10:51 PM
May 9

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.

Traildogbob

(8,939 posts)
38. The red folk
Sat May 11, 2024, 02:09 PM
May 11

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.

Diamond_Dog

(32,262 posts)
4. This is just nauseating.
Thu May 9, 2024, 10:53 PM
May 9

Who does Orange Dump think he is to sell out our precious planet to the highest bidder. He makes me so sick. Evidently he doesn’t care what kind of world he’ll leave to his 18 year old son.

DENVERPOPS

(8,947 posts)
30. Well, this is a good example of Fascism
Fri May 10, 2024, 04:50 PM
May 10

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)
31. Sound's like Fascism to me,
Fri May 10, 2024, 04:52 PM
May 10

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)
5. A naked Quid-Pro-Quo.
Thu May 9, 2024, 10:55 PM
May 9

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)
18. True, and don't forget his personal financial front...
Fri May 10, 2024, 12:21 PM
May 10

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.

calimary

(81,639 posts)
21. Thanks!
Fri May 10, 2024, 12:33 PM
May 10

Last edited Fri May 10, 2024, 03:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Yeah, there’ll 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 didn’t address what had just happened). But by the end of the day? DAYUM! EVERYBODY’s on it! All writethrus were dated by so many HOURS ago, not weeks.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,624 posts)
12. If you want to move the big image to your OP,
Fri May 10, 2024, 10:36 AM
May 10

I can delete it from my post. It looks a bit big in the thread.

sop

(10,356 posts)
26. Of course it is.
Fri May 10, 2024, 03:56 PM
May 10

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)
16. "The Art of the Deal" by Donnie Dementia. Who needs inhibitions when the brain worms are telling you...
Fri May 10, 2024, 11:39 AM
May 10

… that SCOTUS’ ruling on your invulnerability is already a done deal?

Justice matters.

(6,965 posts)
19. Yes, but 75% of them must get off TikTok for a while to GOTV.
Fri May 10, 2024, 12:25 PM
May 10

Unless TikTok posts about that end-of-the-world's "deal" go viral...

CCExile

(479 posts)
20. Hey! Oil cartels...
Fri May 10, 2024, 12:26 PM
May 10

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)
22. In an unbroken media, this would be the top story.
Fri May 10, 2024, 01:02 PM
May 10

MSNBC is talking nonstop about who the next Trump trial witness will be on Monday.

birdographer

(1,390 posts)
24. And so when he loses again
Fri May 10, 2024, 01:16 PM
May 10

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)
27. Do the oil companies really need Trump? They seem to be doing, well, alright.
Fri May 10, 2024, 04:13 PM
May 10

They already sleep with the Saudis.

Uncle Joe

(58,642 posts)
29. I believe Clarence Thomas would know, he has inside connections.
Fri May 10, 2024, 04:32 PM
May 10
A painting that hangs at Camp Topridge shows Crow, far right, and Thomas, second from right, smoking cigars at the resort. They are joined by lawyers Peter Rutledge, Leonard Leo and Mark Paoletta, from left. Credit: Painting by Sharif Tarabay

waterwatcher123

(146 posts)
33. Bribery - 18 U.S. Code § 201
Fri May 10, 2024, 07:51 PM
May 10

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)
34. This sort of thing may violate corporate anti-corruption policies.
Sat May 11, 2024, 11:07 AM
May 11

It puts the individuals at risk of getting fired, SEC investigations etc.

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