What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign
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Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, and other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry.
  • jballsEnglish
    30·
    6 months ago

    Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted…

    Giving $1 billion would be a “deal,” Trump said, because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him

    How the fuck is that even remotely legal?

    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      Because the laws of the US are written by the people in charge who have all the money (resources).