Newsom: Trump’s Big Oil Offer Is “Open Corruption”

“Former President Donald Trump, who just last week, I never thought I’d see this — I’ve heard it, but I’ve never seen it. Donald Trump, just last week, had oil executives convening, talking about his election.

“And he openly asked them for $1 billion to roll back the environmental progress of the Biden administration, the environmental progress that we’ve made over the course of the last half century. Open corruption.

“A billion dollars to pollute our states, to pollute our country, and to pollute this planet and to rollback progress in the open. This is the moment we’re living in, and it calls for clarity. And it calls for understanding of what we’re up against.” – California Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaking today at the Vatican Climate Summit.

I did not mince words at the Vatican Climate Summit today:

What Donald Trump is doing is open corruption.

He’s asking Big Oil for $1 billion.

In return, they get to roll back our environmental protections.

He’s literally selling off our planet to the highest bidder. pic.twitter.com/2pVUJ4mBYq

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) May 16, 2024