Trump Invokes Taliban in Latest Negotiations on Biofuel Plan
- President cites spate of ethanol plant closures in meeting
- Oil-state senators want to rein in biofuel compliance costs
Donald Trump
Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Pool via Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed his rising frustration over trying to reach an accord between warring oil and biofuel interests by saying the negotiations were more difficult than dealing with the Taliban.
Trump made the observation during a White House meeting with oil-state senators who were trying to discourage the president from advancing a slate of changes meant to bolster corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not be named describing a private conversation.