• WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Translation - “Because the President is a deranged lunatic and I’m a cowardly sycophant, we are going to cripple the US by clinging to outdated technology while the rest of the world continues to advance.”

    • bedwyr@piefed.ca
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      23 hours ago

      It’s not the president behind this, he does what people pay him (under the table,) to do.

    • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      24 hours ago

      They have burned trust, friendship, alliances, now the only thing left to burn is oil and their own country.

      • DandomRude@lemmy.world
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        23 hours ago

        No lobbying is necessary, since Chris Wright—like everyone else in Trump’s cabinet—is simply abusing his position to enrich himself directly: He made his fortune in the shale gas industry. He founded Pinnacle Technologies in 1992, later led Stroud Energy, and in 2011 founded Liberty Energy, which was valued at $2.8 billion in 2023. As CEO of Liberty Energy, he earned $5.6 million that year.

        Wright himself is a billionaire and, in his position, represents only his own interests. The entire U.S. regime is organized this way—it has as little to do with a democratic government as the oligarchy in Russia does.

        However, if you’re referring to the orange mafia boss: His decisions, too, are obviously not based on lobbying, but simply on outright corruption.