What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign

I'm going to guess the final justification for this will be "he was going to enact those policies anyway so he might as well get paid for it."

 

Trump has never made much effort to hide his corruption. He has just counted on his adherents to believe that everybody else is as corrupt as him, so it doesn't matter.

 

MAGAts love to complain about inflation much of which is driven by high gas prices.

I am 100% convinced that the oil companies and OPEC have been intentionally jacking up oil prices to help Trump.

 

MAGAts want to talk about a car payment repayment to Biden but Trump and especially Kushner put the US up for the highest bidder while in office.

 

But Hunter Biden, her emails, Taylor Swift, Drag Queens, and the list goes on

 

Sorry, but forcing people into short running and very expensive EV cars is NOT an achievement. Clean energy is a joke for many reasons. But one main reason is becasue every other nation that uses or will use our domestic fossil fuels will "pollute" the same EXACT WORLD that we in the United States of America inhabit too. So the real lie is that they want American to give up our cheap domestic fossil fuels and our highly efficient ICE cars for nothing more than a short running EV so that China and other nations can succeed economically.

 

It's a no brainer for the oil industry to support Trump. Biden has consistently attacked oil, gas, and coal as president. He has drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to keep prices down so as to not inflame inflation more than he has plus he has no intention to refill. Winning elections is more important to Dictator Biden than doing right by the American people.

What's fair for the goose is fair for the gander as presidencies go. Biden started undoing everything Trump did while president on day 1. Don't be so foolish to think Trump isn't going to do the same. MAGA.

 

Confused. So a guy promised to enact policies friendly to an industry in return for their support ? This is now considered corruption?

Alternative -
Biden calls for 'transition' from oil, GOP sees opening

 

So the fact that oil production has hit records under Biden is a symbol of what, exactly? Biden is being smart. We need oil today, but the future? If we have already hit peak oil, which is likely, then we need to plan for a future where are not so dependent upon oil. It's really simple. Oil is not renewable. It won't last forever. Nothing is going to change tomorrow, but if we're less oil dependent 10 years from now because of actions we take today, why is this a bad thing?

 

So you aren't complaining about gasoline prices while we pump more oil than ever in the US then? Since you consider gasoline cheap now!

BTW, who is being "forced" into buying an EV? Pretty sure that you can buy a gas car from every company but Tesla. I think the word you are looking for is "choose."

You also might want to check out what is happening in China in regards to EVs. It would probably stun you.

 

I am again for all of the above and for markets to decide what people should be free to drive. I do NOT support government mandated restrictions on which kinds of fuels I choose to use. If I want to buy an EV then I want to have to unfettered right to buy an EV just like an ICE vehicle.


Yep, on China, I read an article a few weeks ago about how the EV cars are not being sold and are stacking up in parking lots all over China. That is sad so see. I guess they are reliable enough for the Chinese consumers.

They should "fire-sale" those EV cars to third world countries. That would be a win for the global environment (according to the Leftists) and maybe these third would countries will then embrace EV technologies too. It's better then letting those cars just waste and weather away in the sun on some vacant parking lot in China.

 

The orange turd strikes again...

 

He could shoot someone on 5th avenue or outright solicit bribes (quid pro quo w/ 1bn quid) and not lose any votes.

 

And if you don't believe this, just look at India where the air pollution is the EXACT SAME as it is in the United States........but we have all these dang laws against pollution that they don't have!



P.S. My EV cost 28k new, 20.5k after tax credit. It costs me about $6.50 to get 300 miles range - equivalent probably to about 11-12 gallons of gas, or $40.

 

Indeed you are confused. Biden didn't propose policy as a quid pro quo from a specific industry - he proposed policy out of the genuine belief that is what is best for the USA and world. AND.....he did not effectively put a grubby hand out towards a particular industry, so that they could offer him what is essentially a bribe.

Extremely odd that any of this could be the least bit confusing to an educated adult.

 

Weird then that you would be talking about this as if people were forced to buy a product when they weren't. Almost as if you aren't really in favor of it, as you recognize, at some level, that the market choosing EVs will force your hand (as things like gas stations will go away) but you don't want to admit that you are upset at that (and will eventually just blame a shadowy conspiracy instead of markets anyways).

You should find new sources. Chinese EV sales are up 33% for the year.

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...na-made-ev-sales-fall-18-yy-april-2024-05-07/

 

Maga making up facts again? CNN FRi April 26th 2024 "
Hong KongCNN —
All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide.

The vast majority of these cities — 83 — were in India and all exceeded the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines by more than 10 times, according to the report by IQAir, which tracks air quality worldwide."

 

How about he might just stand to be the slightest bit better positioned to reverse Biden's asphyxiating regs if he's POTUS, than if he's rendered a political prisoner, according the the D's actual plan.

Were you expecting pearl clutching indignity?

The Dems toxic weaponization of the justice department remains by far, the most disgusting shit we've ever witnessed in American politics, far worse by a factor of 1000x, than anything Trump has done or could do.

PS--sadly for both of us, you'll *get* this, when the pubs use the precedent set by the Dems in the not too distant future. Just remember you were celebrating this abomination.

 

When do they ever do anything (lately) besides this?

"Her de der de derrr, I'm so angry about fake things that that fake-tanned guy told me to be angry about.......that I can now just say anything untrue and be angry about it!!"

Grown adults actually type this stuff? Ooops.....hold on.........I'm asphyxiating!!!!