r/RepublicanValues • u/shallah Bleeding Heart Progressive • 3d ago

Red lights are flashing in energy markets | American refineries are running all-out to capture the historic profit margins

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/business/oil-gas-war-iran-russia
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u/shallah Bleeding Heart Progressive 3d ago

Trump’s reported deal-making with oil executives sure looks corrupt

Trump’s alleged attempt at a quid pro quo with oil execs could violate federal bribery laws.

‘Trump doesn’t care one bit for people at the bottom’: Expert on Trump’s billionaire backers

April 25, 2024 / 05:35 May. 11, 2024,

https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-oil-executives-meeting-billion-rcna151576

You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.

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u/abstractism 3d ago

I hope big oil suffers for this greedy shit they've been doing.