Hiltzik documents Trump's unsuccessful energy strategy
2 Nov 2 · 11d ago · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 2 of 2
Hiltzik details Trump's broader energy policy failures, including failed efforts to revive coal, hostility to wind power despite its cost advantages, and a concealed Venezuelan oil deal.
“Cars run on gas, the economy runs on diesel”
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's
Donald Trump PresidentMichael Hiltzik LA Times columnist
Mark Zandi Chief economist at Moody'sSteven Cohen Energy expert at Columbia University
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2 outlets Hiltzik: Trump's art of the bad deal
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- Hiltzik: Trump's diesel deal with Putin benefits no one except Putin LA Times · 11d ago
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On 9 October 2026 Trump announced a deal to import diesel claiming that it was a win that would begin to bring diesel prices down.
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Trump’s diesel deal with Putin benefits no one except Putin Trump’s focus on diesel is part and parcel of his bizarre obsession with the energy market in almost all its forms. This has been manifested in his efforts to revive the moribund coal mining industry Also in his “completely weird war on wind power,” to quote energy expert Steven Cohen of…
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