Recall that Trump told oil executives in an April 2024 speech at Mar-a-Lago that they should give him $1 billion because if he was elected president again he was going to make them so much money
It's not exactly right that US presidents start wars IN ORDER to increase profits for the oil industry (or the weapons industry). But it is true that if wars like this decreased oil or weapons industry profits, they'd never happen or would be brought to a swift conclusion.
