“Principles” and “Integrity” are just woke social constructs, anyway.
Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has declared that his expansive political network would not support Donald Trump, questioning whether the Republican presidential nominee believes in free markets.
The decision was welcomed by many of the 400 donors who attended the weekend retreat, even though “a reasonably significant” number of attendees wanted the Koch network to support Trump, said Chris Wright, a Colorado-based energy entrepreneur.
“Terrible and truly awful are the two choices,” Wright said, suggesting that even if he voted for Trump in November — and that’s not decided — he wouldn’t go any further.
“We’re not going to give any money to support Donald Trump,” Wright explained.
After Trump secured the GOP nomination last year, the Wrights contributed approximately $458,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, plus $289,000 to the RNC.
Liberty Energy is listed as a sponsor of an upcoming Trump inaugural watch party in D.C., which will be hosted by oil and gas producer Harold Hamm, the CEO of Continental Resources. Hamm helped Trump raise millions of dollars during the 2024 election and then backed Wright for Secretary of Energy shortly before Trump announced Wright as his pick for the position in November.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he believes President Donald Trump will win the “Climate Hero Award” one day after Trump told heads of state at the United Nations that he believes global warming is the “greatest con job perpetrated by the world.”
“I predict in a few years, President Trump will win the Climate Hero Award because of his policies, which are pro-natural gas and pro-nuclear, those are the only two needle movers we have today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said Wright on CNBC’s Squawk Box Wednesday morning.
As a Judge appointed by Trump said, “Totally untethered from reality.”