Trump told oil executives and lobbyists that he would undo Biden’s climate policies
Trump told oil executives and lobbyists that he would undo Biden’s climate policies
Donald Trump offered to weaken climate regulations in exchange for a $1bn contribution from oil company bosses to support his return to the White House
Donald Trump offered to weaken climate regulations in exchange for a $1bn contribution from oil company bosses to support his return to the White House later this year. During a dinner for senior oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago club last month, Trump “vowed to immediately reverse dozens of president [Joe] Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted” if they gave him the money, according to the newspaper. One top priority for the executives, which Trump said they would get “on the first day”, was an end to the freeze on permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, the article notes.
This is one bold example of the differences that matter in this election.
One side tells you directly how they will fuck you over.
The other side lies about how they will fuck you over.
They are both the same and will fuck you over.
They are not the same.
I don't like Biden, or most Democrats, and I agree with you that they are fucking us over.
But they are not the same.
Biden won't need to pardon himself when he leaves office (assuming he's alive).
If you don't vote for Biden, you're voting for Trump. When you don't vote, you're voting for the people who say your vote doesn't matter, who say you have no power, who say both sides are the same, and nothing can ever change.
If you wait for the perfect candidate to go out and vote, then you are voting against progress.
Both sides might be bad, but one side is neoliberal and the other side is fascist, give me the neoliberals until we can dismantle the systems that allow both to exist.
This is one of the reasons why it's disappointing to hear progressives and center-left people talking about not voting for Biden over his response to Gaza. There are literally thousands of other issues where a second Trump term would disastrous. Plus, Trump would be disastrous to Gaza as well. Makes no sense.
It's worse than that. Even if by some miracle we make it out of a second round of Trump, the DNC isn't going to learn their lesson. They didn't learn it in the past when they lost, they aren't going to learn it now. They'll keep on doing the same thing they always do, maintain the status quo at the worst, and make limp progress at best.
The problem here is systemic to our election system. It's not going to be solved by pissing away votes through 3rd party and protest votes. The DNC won't give a single shit. The only way this gets solved is if we dismantle FPTP voting in this country, and push hard for election finance reform, and a ban on lobbying.
So in the end, it seems like a bunch of people are going to end up letting Trump slip into office, and it will be a disaster. Accelerationism only hurts people. It isn't going to result in a utopia.
Yeah like fascism.
He did the same thing with his last term. This time he’s getting paid up front.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html
Just fascists doing fascist things
I know OP included it in the text description, but I feel like the title really needs to include "for $1,000,000,000." We've all known politicians have been susceptible to bribery since the dawn of humankind, but this has still got to be the most blatant, unashamed, fuckery that I have ever read.
The newspaper adds that, for their part, leaders at major oil companies “have been preparing for a possible Trump second term by drafting executive orders designed to be ready to sign as soon as he returns to office”.
It doesn't mention that the oil companies are writing the executive orders themselves because they don't believe anyone in Trump's second administration would be capable of writing an executive order that would stand up in court.
The US will not recover socially or economically from another Trump presidency. His massive tax cuts for the extremely wealthy alone pushed us 20 years ahead on worsening wealth inequality. Deregulating all industry and corruption at all levels would complete the decline into a banana republic and hasten the coming climate refugee crisis from the coastal areas. If America wants a 1/2 billion dollar tax fraud who loves to rape women and fuck porn stars who has never worked an honest day in his life so be it. Count me out.
But the oil companies have told us they are committed to helping with a green future. /s
Even if they were both the same, a loss for trump means a $1bn loss for the oil companies.