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After Posing With Hurricane Victims, Trump Heads to Big Oil Fundraisers in Texas | Common Dreams

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Donald Trump reportedly planned to attend two fundraisers in Texas with Big Oil executives on Wednesday .

Trump visited southern Georgia on Monday following Hurricane Helene's devastating strike on the area and other parts of the U.S. Southeast ; the storm's death toll was at least 180 .

Fossil Free Media founder Jamie Henn : "Hosting a fundraiser with the NRA in the midst of a school shooting" Trump has long courted the fossil fuel industry and served its interests as president.

The greater Permian Basin accounts for nearly 40% of U.S. oil and gas production.

Experts have called the area's oil extraction a "climate bomb" Rees said that Trump was "totally under the thumb of the fossil fuel industry" Trump was heavily criticized for the lackluster federal response to Hurricane Maria .