'No quid pro quo' between Trump and oil execs at Mar-a-Lago, Gov. Burgum says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "In January, Burgum endorsed Trump for president.
52% : He ended his bid to become the Republican nominee a month earlier in December 2023 after launching his campaign in June of that year and has since become an advisor to Trump on energy policy.
48% : According to the Washington Post, Trump told a few of the country's top oil executives in a meeting with them earlier this year at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, that he'd reverse dozens of environmental rules and policies that the Biden administration has put in place and prevent new ones from being implemented.
42% : That donation would make it a "deal" given that they'd avoid taxation and regulation because of him, he said.
33% : Trump also reportedly told the executives that he would auction off more oil drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
33% : "Burgum also denied that Trump was targeting the oil industry to finance his reelection, saying that "he's not targeting anybody" and is "doing what candidates do" by going and listening to an industry that is "fundamental to the entire economy.

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