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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/trump-oil-ceo-donation>
"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”.
“You’ll get it on the first day,” Trump said, according to the
Post, citing
an unnamed dinner attendee."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
