The Trump campaign has seen dismal fundraising yields in the energy sector, seemingly due to nervousness about his policy and his volatile temperament
Shale oil billionaire Harold Hamm publicly lavished praise on Donald Trump during the Republican convention last month. Natural gas mogul T Boone Pickens is talking with pro Trump Super Pacs about providing help, including possibly writing a big check and hosting a fundraiser. And coal chieftain Robert Murray spearheaded a big fundraiser for Trump in late June in West Virginia.
But while Trump has garnered the endorsements of several leading fossil fuel chieftains and has often espoused pro-oil and coal rhetoric, his campaign and allied Super Pacs have seen dismal fundraising yields in the energy sector, seemingly due to nervousness about Trump’s thin policy statements and volatile temperament, as well as difficult times many big companies are going through, say veteran GOP energy operatives and analysts.
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Source: Guardian Environment