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    128 hours ago

    “We would have been now having so much money coming out of the energy,” he said. “We just had the best. We have Bagram in Alaska, they say it might be bigger than all of Saudi Arabia.”

    Bagram is an air base the United States abandoned during its withdrawal from Afghanistan.

    . . . Contrary to Trump’s remarks, the oil potential of ANWR is far less than that of Saudi Arabia.

    “We Would Have Been Now Having”

    Christ in a bucket.

    • RubberDuck
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      Plus… how is private companies extra ting and selling the oil make the us bank. Do they get equity in the projects, or do they just sell off the drilling rights and hope for taxes.

  • @zabadoh@ani.social
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    That was an easy mistake to make.

    It’s well past time to militarily overthrow the evil repressive religious zealot regime in Alaska.

    /s sort of

  • Rentlar
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    28 hours ago

    It’s kind of sad that I already envision the Trump-acolyte/Fox News spin on this:

    Trump expertly realizes the potential for Alaska to bring America the wealth and prosperity the likes seen in Middle East oil country, while simultaneously slamming Biden for his disastrous and cowardly military withdrawal. What an artful genius!

    • @CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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      37 hours ago

      I mean, he said stupid shit eight years ago too, but the dementia has definitely progressed to the waving-at-imaginary-people stage.

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      They spent years and millions of dollars trying to stop him. But the pull of millions of idiot racists was too strong for them to overcome

    • @BorgDrone
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      By now this has to qualify as elder abuse.

  • @vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2718 hours ago

    NYT pitch bot:

    TRUMP PROPOSES BOLD SOLUTIONS AS HE CONNECTS DOMESTIC ENERGY POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NEW GRAND STRATEGIC PLAN