Trump seeks bribe from Oil and Gas companies in exchange for ending Biden Climate policies.

[GP270watch]

Trump Promises Oil & Gas Execs Free Rein — If They Contribute $1 Billion To Campaign


 This is regressive policy for a political bribe. China is kicking our ass on renewable energy and increasingly EV's. Trump seeks to retard the United States on the key technologies we should be pushing and investing in to win the future. Trump is doing this for his own selfish purposes and will leave The United States in worse shape.

 This story should be getting more coverage.

[President Johnson]

No puppet, no puppet

[Del Tachi]

China would be kicking our butt in oil/natural gas too, if they actually had any. 

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

He should have been locked up long ago.

The people who choose to support this man are worse than he is.

[TML]

It is precisely because of things like this that the US has not made as much progress on environmental issues as it could/should have made.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-biden-aide-highlights-upcoming-091043488.html

There is an article on coming debate between Trump tax cuts and Tax increases

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

There's no indication that he's only willing to do end Biden's climate policies if they give him that money. He's saying they should give him money to help him get elected because he intends to do it.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Was it through another "perfect phone call?"

[All Along The Watchtower]

There's no indication that he's only willing to do end Biden's climate policies if they give him that money. He's saying they should give him money to help him get elected because he intends to do it.

The indication that Donald Trump thinks other people should give him money is his entire life and career.

[All Along The Watchtower]

China would be kicking our butt in oil/natural gas too, if they actually had any. 

Not that it would matter really.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Biden's energy policies have endangered our national security.

The "source" quoted here is a mouthpiece for EV makers and their investors.  They're not exactly muckrakers.  Donald Trump's positions on this issue have not changed since he announced his candidacy.

[GP270watch]

Biden's energy policies have endangered our national security.

The "source" quoted here is a mouthpiece for EV makers and their investors.  They're not exactly muckrakers.  Donald Trump's positions on this issue have not changed since he announced his candidacy.

 The source is The Washington Post, Trump and the oil companies have not denied the story. The link is a blog that covers technology breakthroughs and happenings related to climate.

[Republican Party Stalwart]

"Soliciting donations as a political candidate from people who stand to benefit from your proposed policies" is not "seeking bribes".

[Fuzzy Bear]

"Soliciting donations as a political candidate from people who stand to benefit from your proposed policies" is not "seeking bribes".

How many donors to Biden are heavily invested in EV production? 

Inquiring minds want to know. 

[Republican Party Stalwart]

"Soliciting donations as a political candidate from people who stand to benefit from your proposed policies" is not "seeking bribes".

How many donors to Biden are heavily invested in EV production? 

Inquiring minds want to know. 

Also, does anyone really believe that Trump (if inaugurated as president for the January 2025-January 2029 term) would choose not to "end Biden Climate policies" in the event that he did not receive those donations? Trump personally may indeed be quite petty, but I doubt he would suddenly adopt views on climate change held by Biden - which he has consistently strongly denounced Biden and other Democrats for holding throughout the entirety of his political career, and which the entirety of both the Republican Party and the "Trump base" (elites, non-elites, ordinary voters, and political operatives alike within both of those groups) strongly and vehemently oppose and consider any Republicans who support those views to be "traitors" - simply out of spite for oil and gas industry executives failing to give him a donation. In the 2016 election, the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and GCC states favored Hillary over Trump as president, but Trump surely did not pursue a pro-Islamic Republic of Iran foreign policy during his first term as POTUS, for the exact same reason why Trump would not pursue to continue Biden's climate policies in his second term even if he does not receive this "bribe."

[Torie]

The oil companies are not going to give Trump 1 Billion dollars. They are not THAT Stupid.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Biden's energy policies have endangered our national security.

[Ferguson97]

"Soliciting donations as a political candidate from people who stand to benefit from your proposed policies" is not "seeking bribes".

Perhaps, but most people have enough tact to not be this explicit about it.

[Badger]

Biden's energy policies have endangered our national security.

It's fuzzy bear. Point and laugh, then move on. The same as anything else he ridiculously posts.

[GP270watch]

Opinion | Trump's reported $1 billion ask from oil CEOs looks insanely corrupt

According to the Post, after an oil executive there complained that the hundreds of millions they had spent lobbying President Joe Biden hadn’t influenced his position on environmental regulations, Trump offered to make a deal with the executives that left many of them stunned:

Sources told the Post that Trump also said this apparent quid pro quo was a “deal” for the executives because of the savings they’d get when, assuming he wins, he guts taxes and regulations.

On a policy level, this is horrifying. Trump appears eager to accelerate worldwide climate disaster if it helps fill his campaign war chest. One does not have to think Biden’s climate policy is anywhere close to perfect to see how much more dangerous Trump’s worldview is in this policy area.

But the way Trump allegedly presented the deal is also poisonous. When powerful politicians meet behind closed doors with corporate executives and lobbyists looking to advance their interests, it’s always slimy business. But there are still norms and laws regulating how those behind-closed-door conversations should be conducted. And the Post’s reporting suggests that Trump transgressed those norms — potentially so severely that it breaks the law, according to some government watchdogs.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

If Trump were the president of a South American country he’d be handing out buckets of food with his face on them in exchange for votes. I half expect him to do that in October anyway.

[Joe Republic]

If Trump were the president of a South American country he’d be handing out buckets of food with his face on them in exchange for votes. I half expect him to do that in October anyway.

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-business-ap-top-news-8eafb90e92a676278a5644a2b72b734c

“I’m sure people will be very happy to get a big, fat, beautiful check and my name is on it,” Trump said before cutting off the reporter from asking a follow-up question.

[All Along The Watchtower]

If Trump were the president of a South American country he’d be handing out buckets of food with his face on them in exchange for votes. I half expect him to do that in October anyway.

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-business-ap-top-news-8eafb90e92a676278a5644a2b72b734c

“I’m sure people will be very happy to get a big, fat, beautiful check and my name is on it,” Trump said before cutting off the reporter from asking a follow-up question.

Spoken like the brand-obsessed son and heir of an Outer Boroughs real estate developer who negotiated with political bosses and Mob figures as a routine matter—practices that his son continued and expanded upon, nationally and globally.

There’s more than a hint of old-school urban machine politician in Trump.

[Indy Texas]

Biden's energy policies have endangered our national security.

The "source" quoted here is a mouthpiece for EV makers and their investors.  They're not exactly muckrakers.  Donald Trump's positions on this issue have not changed since he announced his candidacy.

The United States is producing more crude oil than ever before.

[Joe Republic]

Biden's energy policies have endangered our national security.

The "source" quoted here is a mouthpiece for EV makers and their investors.  They're not exactly muckrakers.  Donald Trump's positions on this issue have not changed since he announced his candidacy.

The United States is producing more crude oil than ever before.

Correct.

Natural gas too.

And renewables, of course.

Current trends indicate that US energy production will continue to increase by an estimated 18% by 2050; keeping well ahead of projected consumption.

As usual, Fuzzy Bear's assertion is badly in need of fact-based citation.