Regardless of how oil executives respond to Trump’s reported shakedown attempt, reports of his ask at that meeting are sure to be heard by all kinds of wealthy donors across different sectors. Trump has a well-documented appetite for transactional politics, and now he’s desperate for cash as...
He reportedly“acted as a liaison between the Trump campaign and oil executives” during the 2024 race.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary Trump was “thrilled” to announce his nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the former independent presidential candidate and promin...
it made sense to support the former president. In recent months, Hamm has also orchestrated some introductions between oil executives and Trump, and Trump has now “called almost everyone in the sector,” said a person involved
Hamm, the billionaire founder of Continental Resources, called other oil executives and encouraged them to attend fundraisers and open their wallets, according to people with knowledge of the outreach who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe p...
US oil executives on Tuesday overwhelmingly expressed approval of the Trump administration's early moves to slash Obama-era regulations on their industry that they say have been holding their companies back. "We finally have a pro-business administration and I think its comments on regulation ...
But the national media hasn’t given it the same time and space as, say, President Biden’s age or swing-state polls. At Mar-a-Lago last month,The Washington Postreported,Trump told Big Oil executives that if they raised $1 billion for his campaign, he would “immediately reverse dozens...
(L-R) U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and pharmaceutical executives in Cabinet Room of the White House on March 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. ...
In the new role, Burgum, who has strong ties to oil industry executives, will oversee a panel that crosses all executive branch agencies involved in energy permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation and transportation, Trump said in a statement. As chair...
When asked aboutreportingfrom The Washington Post that Trump met with oil executives and told them that if they raise $1 billion to help him return to the White House, he would reduce regulation and start auctioning off drilling leases, Burgum backed up the former president. ...
Trump has vowed toincrease fossil fuel productionto reduce energy costs, though analysts and some oil executives have said thepresident has little influenceon oil and natural gas output in the U.S. The U.S. has produced more crude oil than any other country in history, inclu...