Last week a Washington Post exclusive revealed that at a dinner in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump told top oil executives that he wanted them to raise $1 billion for his campaign and said he would roll back dozens of Biden’s environmental policies.
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Last week a Washington Post exclusive revealed that at a dinner in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump told top oil executives that he wanted them to raise $1 billion for his campaign and said he would roll back dozens of Biden’s environmental policies. These reversals would benefit the oil executives through tax breaks and lack of regulation, and Trump claimed that the $1 billion would be a “deal” because of it.
Listen, we’ve known that Donald Trump is corrupt for years now, but this quid pro quo is disturbing and just another example of how Trump is beholden to Big Money and special interests, and not the American people. He is clearly begging the oil industry to finance his reelection bid and letting them shape his environmental policy if he is elected.
Climate change is an existential threat, and we need to be pushing for legislation to protect our environment and hold Big Oil accountable, not promising to roll back crucial regulations in exchange for a check. This is exactly why we need to get Big Money out of our politics once and for all- to ensure that all Americans have their voices heard, not just the richest among us.
