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Donald Trump’s Corruption Serves Oil Interests
The planet needs humans to protect it
Donald Trump did not go into politics to be a public servant. He did it to make more money.
Amidst a terrifying ecological crisis, the United States continues to promote the extraction of fossil fuels. This benefits rich people. It is a result of corruption at high levels. USAmericans should strategize right now, in the early stages of the 2024 presidential campaign. Figuring out how to prevent more ecological disaster is urgent for everyone everywhere.
Whose Interests Does U.S. Energy Serve?
In 2016, in advance of Donald Trump’s planned campaign speech on U.S. energy policy, investor Thomas Barrack sought input from UAE and Saudi government officials, and Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, added the language requested by those governments.
Three years later, the House Oversight Committee learned of the incident, made it public, and complained: “The Trump Administration has virtually obliterated the lines normally separating government policy making from corporate and foreign interests.”
Instead of making an official White House response on the topic, Trump retaliated on Twitter with multiple racist comments against the committee chair, Rep…
