Trump allegedly asked Big Oil for $1 billion for his campaign

During a meeting that Donald Trump held last month with some oil executives at Mar-A-Lago, the central objective was allegedly to request a donation of one billion dollars. in cash for your campaign.

According to the newspapers Washington Post and New York Times, A person who was present at the meeting claims that the former president first reprimanded the group of guests invited by oil magnate Harold Hamm. for not having supported his campaign through donations.

Immediately afterwards, the request for financial support to strengthen its image would have arisen. in the coming weeks through the aforementioned sum, the latter according to the newspaper The Hillhalf took on the task of consulting a second familiar source close to the subject whose identity is also kept under condition of anonymity.

Without establishing a written commitment, Trump endorsed his goal of continuing to promote the production of vehicles that run on internal combustion engines, which will require millions of barrels of oil per day. which when refined become gasoline and diesel, words that sound like ground gold in the ears of oil executives.

The truth is The 77-year-old Republican supports part of his campaign commitments on the idea of ​​making fuel prices more accessible and, under that approach, promotes increasing oil extraction.

“We are going to end this war on American energy. Let’s drill, baby, drill.

We will reduce your energy costs. “We are going to reduce your energy costs like you wouldn’t believe,” Trump said recently in one of the few rallies he has been able to attend, as he practically remains tied to New York four days a week to be present at the trial where he is accused. for having secretly paid a former porn film actress to prevent any revelation about an intimate encounter they had in 2006.

If he obtains the support mentioned, Donald Trump would leave Joe Biden far behind in the collection of donations that he touts so much in his speeches.

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