Not to spend too much time writing about Donald Trump this week, but I was struck by this report in The Washington Post on the former president’s recent overtures to oil executives.
After hearing one executive during an event last month at his Mar-a-Lago club complain about supposedly burdensome environmental regulations promulgated by the Biden administration, Trump made a proposition.
You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House.
His hotel, located just down the street from the White House, was a clearinghouse for anyone who wanted to buy a favor.
And six months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, ” Trump, I’m, Trump’s, Tweed, Roscoe Conkling, Jared Kushner
Organizations:
The Washington Post, White
Locations:
The, Gulf of Mexico, Saudi Arabia