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Donald Trump made an extraordinary offer to oil executives and lobbyists over a chopped steak dinner at his Mar-a-Lago headquarters: Return me to the White House with $1 billion in donations and I'll overturn Joe Biden's burdensome environmental regulations.
Multiple people with knowledge of the conversation said the offer stunned those present at the 'energy round table' held at his Florida club.
The oil industry figures had reportedly expressed their frustration at new regulations they said were getting in the way of their business, prompting Trump to lay out his idea.
The Biden campaign seized on the reports, accusing the Republican candidate of selling out working families to Big Oil.
The story, reported by the Washington Post, illustrates both the former president's highly transactional approach to politics and his reliance on the oil industry.
Donald Trump urged oil executives and lobbyists to donate $1 billion to help him with the White House. In return he said he would overturn Joe Biden's green policies
Executives who gathered at Mar-a-Lago complained about regulations harming their industry. Pump jacks are seen here in an oil field in Midland, Texas
Trump sold the idea as a good 'deal' for those present in return for the repeal of environmental rules and policies and a hold any new ones being enacted.
It comes as the Biden administration hurries to overturn Trump's actions in office and issue new environmental regulations before the election.
Trump promised a return to less restrictive policies.
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