Report: Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1 billion

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Report: Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1 billion
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Is not it like super illegal?

“illegal” is something we made up for the poors, ducky! That’s not for us!

The courts legalized bribery years back.

Democracies hate this one simple trick...

When lawmakers want to take a bribe, all they have to do is legalize it. Or, skip all that and go for the goal - convince executives and the courts it's legal, because you did bribery with extra steps. It's a totally new thing I just made up