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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The fossil fuel industry and their allies bought their way into the Trump White House with hundreds of millions of…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2026
The fossil fuel industry and their allies bought their way into the Trump White House with hundreds of millions of dollars in political donations.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discussed the influence of fossil fuel donations on Trump.

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