President Donald Trump speaks during roundtable with people positively impacted by law enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during roundtable with people positively impacted by law enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Photo: Evan Vucci, STF / Associated Press
Photo: Evan Vucci, STF / Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks during roundtable with people positively impacted by law enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during roundtable with people positively impacted by law enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Photo: Evan Vucci, STF / Associated Press
Trump credits himself for creating, ‘saving’ the oil industry in Texas
With the oil and energy industry still reeling from the pandemic, President Donald Trump claimed during a Monday roundtable discussion at the White House that he “saved” and “created” the oil industry in Texas.
“I saved the oil industry, two months ago I saved the oil industry,” Trump said. “I created it, it became number one, we have millions of jobs and we saved it so Texas is not going to have to let go of millions of millions of people.”
The president called recent polls between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “fake news, phony-polls, same thing,” and said his move to “save” the oil industry has him higher in the polls than what is being reported.
“We are doing well in Texas,” Trump said. “We would have had millions of people out of work, I saved it, and then they say I am leading by one point in Texas?”
The president did not elaborate on how he saved or created the industry, which is currently facing one of the biggest challenges since the 19th century due to slowing petroleum demand from the pandemic, according to a recent report from the U.K. financial services firm Deloitte.
Political analysts, reporters and the general public had plenty to say after he claimed to have created the oil industry in Texas:
Donald Trump said that he created the oil industry in #Texas.
This really happened today. pic.twitter.com/5NNXgEOKb6
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) July 13, 2020
I don’t care what your fricking politics are but we should be able to agree – in #Texas & in #Houston, the Energy Capital of the world, that Donald J. Trump did NOT create the oil industry in our state! Can we agree on that? Please… #alternativefacts https://t.co/gpvRe5HEwW
— Mustafa Tameez (@MustafaTameez) July 14, 2020
Trump just saying things: “I saved the oil industry. Two months ago, I saved the oil industry. I created it. We became #1. We have millions of jobs. And we saved it.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 13, 2020
.@realdonaldtrump said he created the oil industry in Texas? Yes, he did pic.twitter.com/3xKCl1BQom
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) July 13, 2020
For those who need to brush up on their Texas history, the oil industry started here more than a century ago (before Trump was born.)
in Houston
Source : chron.com
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https://thehoustonforum.org/houston-news-trump-credits-himself-for-creating-saving-the-oil-industry-in-texas/
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