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A reminder that less than two weeks ago, it was revealed that Trump solicited a $1 billion bribe from the energy industry, offering in return the gutting of environmental regulations.

A week ago, Big Journalism had already consigned this epic scandal to the memory bin.

Had Biden done anything remotely like that, I guarantee that it would still be among the top stories of the day -- and Congress, including Democrats, would be moving toward impeachment.

@dangillmor @FerritinJim

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Via

" uncovered

👉Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn👈 – report
Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches..."

"For their part, executives in big oil companies have been preparing for a possible Trump second term by drafting executive orders designed...

theguardian.com/us-news/articl

The Guardian · Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – reportBy Ed Pilkington

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...to be ready to sign as soon as he returns to office.
reported this week that the executives have clubbed together to produce off-the-shelf policies on increasing natural gas exports, supercharging drilling and extending offshore leases..."

…for the fun of it, I tried to get the same info from several AI chat bots.

Prompt:

Did former president Trump offer legislation favorable to "Big Oil" in a potential second term in office if they supported his campaign with a lot of money? I.e. did he as a running candidate for president of the U.S. offer to take bribes?

Results:

AIs were "still learning" and gave no answer or didn't know / declined due to no knowledge of recent events.

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