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[Beefy]

President Donald Trump intends to take action today to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, according to a person familiar with the matter.

TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline was rejected under former President Barack Obama, and Energy Transfer Partners LP's $3.8 billion Dakota Access project was stalled when the Obama administration halted work on in on land near Lake Oahe in North Dakota amid protests by Native American groups.

The moves, taken on Trump's fourth full day in office, illustrate his plan to fulfill his campaign pledge to give the oil industry more freedom to expand infrastructure, create jobs and ease transportation bottlenecks.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/...an-orders-approving-keystone-dakota-pipelines

Please add this to the OP.

https://act.350.org/sign/nokxl-nodapl-pipeline-pledge/

 

[Thelonelykoopa]

Of fucking course....... are their still donations sites left open to provide aid?

 

[Always-honest]

Nooooo... seriously?

 

[_Ryo_]

Of course. Trump is a monster.

 

[dinoroar]

Ah brill, getting all the important stuff out of the way early and doing wonders for his image.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Protest time? I hope people show up more and more and they just can't continue.

 

[Linkark07]

This shouldnt surprise anyone, he was going to do this sooner or later. Hopefully this now gets more traction and more people protest.

 

[obin_gam]

the one president who will make due on all his promises - and it happens to be the asshole.

 

[Barzul]

Not even sure what happens here. How do you stop something like this?

 

[LiK]

Trump is for big business and oil. Who would've thunk it.

 

[legacyzero]

WATER PROTECTORS UNITE

 

[ZOONAMI]

They gonna have even bigger protests than they did last time.

 

[Concept17]

the one president who will make due on all his promises - and it happens to be the asshole.

Only because they have complete control of Congress.

 

[RPGCrazied]

WATER PROTECTORS UNITE

Won't this bring Indians in droves? Native land or something like that.

 

[VendettaRed07]

This was a given. They won't be the only pipelines either. There will be a lot more coming

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Trump is an opportunistic asshole with a plethora isms that apply to him. This comes as no surprise. Do not delude yourself into thinking that he has or will ever change for the better simply because he makes one decision that you may agree with (see: TPP).

 

[Pandora012]

I wonder if the veterans will come back to help the protest. I'd like to think that they would atleast be able to stop Trump, what with his military fixation.

 

[Gutek]

the one president who will make due on all his promises - and it happens to be the asshole.

He owns congress. Democrats failed us spectacularly during Obama's presidency.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I expected these, but christ these actions are a steady drumbeat reminder of how much is going to be fucked up that can't be reversed.

 

[eagledare]

We're on a roller coaster to hell.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I expected these, but christ these actions are a steady drumbeat of how much is going to be fucked up that can't be reversed.

Don't forget he has only been in office 4 days? What else is to come, jesus.

 

[Snaku]

He owns congress. Democrats failed us spectacularly during Obama's presidency.

Democrate voters failed spectacularly during the midterms.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Sigh... Everytime I see shit like this I want to punch anyone who didn't vote because emails or Clinton wasn't lefty enough.

 

[Melkezadek]

Democrate voters failed spectacularly during the midterms.

Bingo.

Personal accountability seems to be the only lesson we haven't learned in this election.

 

[excowboy]

Doesn't he have investments in some of the businesses that stand to gain from this? Sure I've read that previously.

Edit: Inconclusive I think?
http://www.snopes.com/does-donald-trump-own-a-stake-in-the-dakota-access-pipeline/

 

[Giant Panda]

I don't really have a problem with pipelines, it will be better than transportation by train. The Dakota one should be rerouted though.

 

[darkwing]

who was surprised by this? I guess it was not an election issue

 

[nitronite]

Can someone explain to a non-American what the issue is with the Keystone pipeline? As far as I know, oil is already being transported from Canada to the US via railways.

 

[Reckheim]

Sigh... Everytime I see shit like this I want to punch anyone who didn't vote because emails or Clinton wasn't lefty enough.

I agree. Hope they are happy now. How does one not look at the bigger picture when voting?

 

[reKon]

Hillary's e-mails though

 

[guek]

Fuck

 

[Steejee]

There's a pretty good chance Keystone won't get built even with approval - the economics just aren't there right now.

 

[JustenP88]

And I bet protestors won't be treated so 'kindly' this time.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Not surprising, a large part of Trumps legacy was always going to be environmental damage but hey cheaper gas

 

[Count Dookkake]

Dude certainly knows how to get things done.

Not good things, but still.

 

[Caja 117]

So his plan is to do some evil shit every day of his presidency... Fuck, I really hope for some Karma in the future.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Donald Trump owns between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of TransCanada stock. (Page 7 of the below document)

https://www.scribd.com/doc/27230515...ancial-Disclosure-Excerpt#download&from_embed

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Bernie or Bust.
Emails
Benjamin Ghazi
Wifi
Al Eppo

Fucking idiots voted against the human race

 

[Vermillion]

This guy is *moving*.

 

[Apharmd]

Donald Trump owns between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of TransCanada stock. (Page 7 of the below document)

https://www.scribd.com/doc/27230515...ancial-Disclosure-Excerpt#download&from_embed

Just like the Die Hard movies.

It's always about the money.

 

[darkwing]

Donald Trump owns between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of TransCanada stock. (Page 7 of the below document)

https://www.scribd.com/doc/27230515...ancial-Disclosure-Excerpt#download&from_embed

how is this not conflict of interest

 

[Exile20]

And I bet protestors won't be treated so 'kindly' this time.

He will probably criminalize it by then.

 

[Apharmd]

how is this not conflict of interest

Didn't he say it's because he's president?

Which is some BS logical fallacy that we've been taught in fifth grade?

 

[Grizzle_Dat]

There's a pretty good chance Keystone won't get built even with approval - the economics just aren't there right now.

Do you think they are going to wait for it to get better ? By then a DEM will be in office and they would be shut out again, remember 2/3 of this is already built so they will finish it while they have the chance.

 

[Machina]

how is this not conflict of interest

Since when has that been an issue for Trump

 

[Zushin]

It's actually amazing the ability he has to do or say something evil at such regular intervals.

 

[RDreamer]

how is this not conflict of interest

"The law doesn’t say the president can’t have a conflict of interest. But Congress, under Title 18 Section 208 of the U.S. code, did exempt the president and vice president from conflict-of-interest laws on the theory that the presidency has so much power that any possible executive action might pose a potential conflict."

 

[nitronite]

Donald Trump owns between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of TransCanada stock. (Page 7 of the below document)

https://www.scribd.com/doc/27230515...ancial-Disclosure-Excerpt#download&from_embed

I think he's said that he has completely sold all of his stock holdings.

Spoiler

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[Sweeney Tom]

Didn't he say it's because he's president?

Which is some BS logical fallacy that we've been taught in fifth grade?

Yep

Until he starts getting punished for his lies and crimes he's going to keep doing them. For some reason everyone is too afraid. We really need more lawsuits

 

[darkwing]

Didn't he say it's because he's president?

Which is some BS logical fallacy that we've been taught in fifth grade?

Since when has that been an issue for Trump

"The law doesn’t say the president can’t have a conflict of interest. But Congress, under Title 18 Section 208 of the U.S. code, did exempt the president and vice president from conflict-of-interest laws on the theory that the presidency has so much power that any possible executive action might pose a potential conflict."

America, you continue to astound me