Trump and Big Oil Are a Match Made in Hell
The former president has promised to cater to the industry’s every wish if it helps him regain the White House, but that would be shortsighted.
Trump wants the oil patch to think of him as Santa Claus.
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If you are still uncertain about Donald Trump’s stance on climate change, then the fact that fossil-fuel companies are helping to pay his legal bills should clear it up.
To be fair, the amount of oil money going to keep the once and possibly future president out of jail is kind of a pittance — somewhat less than $128,000 so far this year, or 2% of the $6.4 million Big Oil has given to Trump’s fundraising committee, according to the news organization Heatmap’s analysis of data provided by the communications group Climate Power. That’s barely enough for one porn-star hush-money trial.