Trump would approve Keystone XL, for a price

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Donald Trump said Thursday he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline as president, but he wants the profits to go to the American people.

“My basic bias is to approve,” Trump told reporters in Bismarck, N.D., ahead of a major speech on energy. “Environmentally [pipelines] are better. But the people of the U.S. should be given a significant piece of the profits.”

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