Donald Trump, in the past critical of favors for donors, now appears to be promising deals to donors, including fast-tracking merger deals for oil companies and weakening FTC oversight. He has taken significant donations from donors he previously criticized, raising questions about his motivations.
Trump is telling corporate donors that he will make it easier for them to do mega mergers, which I presume is so they give him more money. What a populist, what an outsider! https://t.co/pxdRzC33mw
BREAKING: At a fundraiser last week, Donald Trump promised Occidental Petroleum's CEO and other oil magnates that he will weaken FTC oversight of the industry if elected. The FTC just uncovered that a top oil CEO conspired with OPEC to raise gas prices by $200 billion a year.
New, via @jdawsey1 & @maxinejoselow ---> Trump suggests to oil donors he will fast-track their merger deals https://t.co/S3e7tqIpwo
Trump once said a big donor wanted to donate to Marco Rubio because he’s a puppet. He’s since taken hundreds of millions from that donor & sent a foreign spy back on his donor’s jet. https://t.co/dWkVhq5jYA
In 2016, Trump derided favors for donors. Today, he wants to make a ‘deal.’ https://t.co/TRU83bP7mT