Paul Scott holds up a protest sign against gas-powered vehicles and President Trump at the intersection of 4th Street and Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica. President Trump had been back in office only a few weeks last year when Paul Scott decided he had heard enough. He heard the president’s cry to “drill baby drill” for more petroleum, watched big oil interests dump massive financial support behind the Republican and heard him bad-mouthing electric vehicles. So he made a placard and walked a couple of blocks and began a one-man protest against Trump and the petroleum industry. Advertisement“Buying gas and gas-powered cars needs to stop for political reasons, because Big Oil poured hundreds of millions into each of Trump’s campaigns,” Scott said in an interview.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2026 22:09 UTC