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Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report
Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches
Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell new report.
According to the Washington Post, the former US president made his jaw-dropping pitch, which the paper described as “remarkably blunt and transactional”, at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago home and club.
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110 Ulez-scrapped vehicles are donated to Ukraine
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Departing Liverpool boss Klopp 'would scrap VAR'
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Martin Rowson on climate change, and the price of olive oil – cartoon
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DeSantis signs bill removing climate change considerations from Florida law
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Oil Tanker Hit by Missile Off Coast of Yemen, AFP Reports
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Ethics Panel Cautions Juan Merchan, Judge in Trump Trial, Over Political Donations
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Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida state laws
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Collusion claims in US oil must reckon with record production
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