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Trump touts fossil fuel agenda in bid for cash from Texas oil donors

Myles McCormick

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Midland, Texas | Donald Trump touted his pro-fossil fuel agenda and accused President Joe Biden of holding back the US’s oil and gas industry on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) during a closed-door meeting in Midland, Texas, where he courted deep-pocketed industry barons for cash.

At a private fundraiser in the west Texas oil city, where tickets went for almost $US1 million ($1.5 million) each, the Republican presidential candidate told donors the US “could not be in a worse position as far as energy security goes”, according to people who were in the room.

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