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Donald Trump said Thursday that gasoline prices are “not very high.”
A Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters showed that 65% of U.S. voters blame Trump either “a lot” or “some” for the rise in gas prices seen since the beginning of the Iran war.
Trump said those prices are not as high as what was expected from the war, which he said was aimed at denying Iran the ability to produce a nuclear weapon.
I seem to recall him claiming that he would get gas under $2/gallon. Where are we at on that?
Gas prices aren’t my primary concern. I’ve hated him for years for better reasons, but gas prices seems to be the only thing that is waking his supporters up.
It’s the only thing a large portion of the population pays attention to or care about.
Its hilarious to me that so many people put so much stock in fuel prices, and think The President is solely responsible for them. Fuel prices are actually crazy complicated and The President generally has very little control over them (unlike in this case).
Honestly I prefer the fuel prices to be higher to persuade the population to make better choices. I understand some bear that pain more than others.
In this case, the President ordering a needless war on Iran against all expert advice, and then vowing to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, not to mention all the USA’s attacks on other countries and moronic isolationist trade policies over the last year, makes it more the President’s fault than it usually would be.
Yes that was mention literally right after the part you quoted.
The older I get, the more I agree with Calvin’s dad. Adjusted for inflation, he wished gas was about $20 per gallon. Let’s fucking do it.
I’m glad you said “in this case”. You had me worried there, for a minute!