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Oliver Milman

Trump gets record donations from big oil but far less than $1bn he wanted

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a man in a suit and tie speaks in front of barrels of oil
Donald Trump speaks in front of oil barrels at an oil rig in Midland, Texas, in 2020. Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

Donald Trump has raised more money from the oil and gas industry than at this stage of his previous campaigns for the US presidency, with a surge of fossil fuel funding coming in the six months since he directly requested $1bn from oil executives and then promised he would scrap environmental rules if elected.

While the Republican nominee hasn’t quite managed to get to that $1bn figure, he has received $14.1m from the oil and gas industry in the period up to 31 August, donation filings show. This is more than he got from the industry at the same stage of his presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020.

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