Trump’s corrupt offer to Big Oil executives almost entirely ignored in top local newspapers and TV markets in battleground states
Trump’s promise to repeal climate action and solicitation of campaign donations from oil executives is vital information for voters
ALLISON FISHER & ROB SAVILLO, MediaMatters.org
The Washington Post published an exclusive story on May 9 about a dinner at Mar-a-Lago last month in which presumptive Republican 2024 nominee Donald Trump reportedly promised to reverse President Joe Biden’s actions on climate change as he asked oil executives to raise $1 billion for his presidential campaign, assuring them that they’d be getting a “deal” due to the “taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him.”