Trump Called For Building The Keystone Pipeline Even Though “We Don’t Even Need It.” “Trump also discussed energy policy, where he said, ‘The Keystone Pipeline should be approved immediately. Not that I want it, because we’re bringing in oil from Canada, but you know what, it’s a lot easier than Saudi Arabia and some of these other places, and Canada’s been a great neighbor, et cetera, et cetera. But they should approve it. Number one, it’s jobs. Immediately, you’re building it, it’s jobs, it’s good. It’s not going to hurt anything in terms of environmentally. It’s hard to believe that that has not been approved. But get it approved. More oil coming in, the more we can have where we don’t have to go to foreign places, really foreign places to get the oil. So, there’s a simple one. it’s going to create jobs. It’s overall good. But we don’t even need it, in one sense, because we have so much under our own land we can do it, but we have to get rid of some of the restrictions.’” [Breitbart, 8/12/15; Hannity, Fox, 8/12/15] TRUMP CLAIMED KEYSTONE XL WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT Trump: “If I Am Elected President I Will Immediately Approve The Keystone XL Pipeline. No Impact On Environment & Lots Of Jobs For U.S.” [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 8/18/15] TRUMP SUPPORTED LIFTING THE BAN ON CRUDE OIL EXPORTS Donald Trump Supported The Keystone Pipeline And Lifting The Ban On Crude- Oil Exports. “All of the GOP candidates for president support the Keystone pipeline and many, including retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, businessman Donald Trump and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, support lifting the ban on crude-oil exports to foreign markets.” [Wall Street Journal, 9/29/15] ENERGY PRICES TRUMP BLAMED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR LETTING OPEC GO UNCHECKED AND CAUSING HIGH GAS PRICES Trump Said The White House Let OPEC Go Unchecked And Predicted That Gas Prices Would Rise To $8 Per Gallon. TRUMP: “Well, I think it might be -- a lot of people would be very upset if I didn't run. I mean I've had such support, we're getting just inundated with phone calls and, literally, thousands of letters a week, because my stance on China, my stance on OPEC -- look at what's happening to everybody's fuel, the gasoline at the pump is just out of control. It's at $4, it's going to $5. It will probably go to $6, $7, $8. We have nobody in the White House that fights for the people. Nobody in the White House who's calling up OPEC which is really the culprit. I mean they are abusing our country. And I don't know if you saw, but three days ago, Saudi Arabia decided they're going to essentially raise the price of oil even further by reducing supplies.” [Fox, 4/21/11] TRUMP SUPPORTED LIFTING THE BAN ON CRUDE OIL EXPORTS Donald Trump Supported The Keystone Pipeline And Lifting The Ban On Crude- Oil Exports. “All of the GOP candidates for president support the Keystone pipeline and many, including retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, businessman Donald Trump and New Jersey Gov. Confidential Page 117