The remarkably transactional Mar-a-Lago pitch underscores how much Trump - who famously vowed to 'drain the swamp' of special interests - is tying his campaign fortunes to the oil and gas industry.
Trump has railed against vehicle emissions regulations intended to speed the shift to electric cars, vowing to reverse what he called Biden's 'ridiculous Green New Deal crusade.'
Some oil executives, per Politico, fear Trump is too distracted by his legal troubles to hash out the details of his energy strategy, and would not carefully implement their preferred policies if elected.
Fossil fuel production and profits have soared to record highs under the Biden administration - an irony that geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer dubbed the 'hush-hush'.
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