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Trump Solicits Billion Dollar Bribe From Oil Execs, So He Can Get Elected and Finish Destroying Your Children’s Planet
Biden is very weak on protecting the climate, but Trump is abysmal.
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump is trying to shake down some rich people to fund and support his campaign. These are called “donations” but they are, of course, bribes. In this case, they are bribes from oil companies and lobbyists.
The dinner at Mar-La-Go held last month was organized by fossil fuel billionaire Harold Hamm, 78, who apparently wants to ensure that the Earth does not survive after he’s dead.
The deal is for wealthy people to destroy the biosphere and doom civilization in exchange for helping Trump get a second term. Make no mistake: the habitability of the Earth has already been grievously damaged as scientists had warned for decades, and is speeding towards several even deadlier tipping points.
It’s that clear and that insane. That this is simply an easily ignored article in the news during a busy news cycle is…astounding and disturbing. It’s as if a fatal asteroid is hurdling towards the Earth and everyone’s talking about a new movie.
Of course, nothing will be done about this. Soliciting bribes in exchange for favors is legal, just as putting gigatons of deadly…