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The 'late-game gamble' Trump made that Biden is still fighting: report

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Oil prices were on track to devastate the energy economy of Texas , a major oil-producing hub, but could not compete with OPEC and Russia ’s lower prices.

Enter Harold Hamm , an oil tycoon, who led the charge in pushing Trump to respond to this international trade war.

Hamm warned Trump at the time that a collapse of Texas 's fossil fuel economy would certainly lead to his electoral defeat, as he reasoned that Texas would turn blue.