Another Quid Pro Quo From Trump

During a meeting with oil company executives in April, the corrupt Malignant Loser offered one of his notorious quid pro quos to the executives that if they contributed $1 billion dollars to his campaign, he'd gut environmental regulations that they object to if returned to office:

"Trump told the chief executives that giving $1 billion would be a 'deal' for them, according to the report. Invited guests included the CEOs of Venture Global, Cheniere Energy as well as representatives from Chevron, Continental Resources, Exxon and Occidental Petroleum, it said.

Representatives for Trump's campaign could not be immediately reached for comment. Representatives for the companies also could not be immediately reached.

Trump, who faces a rematch with Biden in the Nov. 5 presidential election, has vowed to undo much of the Democratic president's work to fight climate change.

Biden has touted his administration's climate efforts — including its tailpipe rules — as both good for the environment and for the economy, which is a factor in his re-election campaign.

At the meeting in Trump's private club, the Republican presidential contender also said he would auction off more leases for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and reverse drilling restrictions in the Alaskan Arctic, the Post reported. He also reiterated his complaints about wind power, it added." (our emphasis)

The Malignant Loser's priority is staying out of prison by being elected, so his "deal" is an easy one for him to make, since he cares nothing of what fossil fuel burning has done to the Earth, and will continue to do if he makes it back to the Oval Office. This self-serving "transactional" view of public policy is a pattern with the Malignant Loser. A few years ago, he was willing to trade the freedom of the millions of people in Ukraine for manufactured, Russian-provided smears against his presumed 2020 opponent Joe Biden. 

During his tenure, the Malignant Loser pulled out of the Paris Climate Accords, and rolled back over a hundred environmental rules, from those covering air and water pollution to fossil fuel extraction. If he gets another chance to reverse progress, the impacts on the environment and economy would likely be irreversible. 

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