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If only we didn't have a fascist regime starting illegal wars.

I'm glad i retired from trucking before Traitor in Chief usurped power.

That’s called thinking beyond the length of your weird mushroom dick

So in other words trump will do it

Threatening to trap diesel distorts export flows and refining margins; once refiners adjust throughput to protect margins and storage limits, gasoline and jet-fuel availability can tighten and prices can rise. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has likewise said an export ban would not work

Undoubtedly true but Dear Leader would already have his headline which is all he cares about. No one would call him out when the repercussions hit and we all move on to the next crisis. Lather, rinse, repeat.

This administration is being run like a business, and this decision highlights why that is a dumb way to run a country. Businesses are focused on short term gains, short term reports, always focused on the current quarter. Countries should be thinking long term - like next century or two.

You might as well hoist up a white flag over the WH. It amounts to the same thing. These fools are totally baffled by the energy market. The U.S. both imports and exports petroleum products. Logistics, Refinery needs, Local supply demand imbalance. Too much for their tiny minds.

its not meant to help

Logic? Long-term thinking? WTF is wrong with you?

Short term solutions without a long term plan is more costly for everyone! Please remember that as we go forward!

But the Democrats will possibly hold the majorities by the time prices skyrocket, so they'll get the blame. Again.

Repeat after me... Trump knows NOTHING about ANYTHING. HE IS A FUCKING MORON. He bankrupted a fucking CASINO!!! Where "The House" always wins...

We should ban ALL OIL EXPORTS. Don't tell me it's not possible. We did it 1975-2015.

the Orange Clown 🍊🤡 is only interested in what benefits him in the short term to his own benefit and showing in any polls.

How about we turn that you’re a true patriot bullshit back around on the big oil shareholders and CEOs? Like only truest American patriot knows not to profit from other Americans financial struggles.

Yes. But it would also kill any future export business as customers move on. When customers move on they don't come back.

If Obama or Biden used up our strategic reserves, they would have been lynched by republicans.

But he wants to win the South and Midwest. He doesn't care about the rest.

Another idea would be to take the damn deal from Iran already and declare victory. If we have to give them the Trump family I think we're mostly all cool with that.

Who would buy all the diesel for storage at the highest price ever? Knowing that once you are full to capacity the price will drop 📉⬇️ before you sell it all. Government subsidies to oil companies?

Most of the refineries are in Texas (Houston?). Who would store the diesel after being refined? Seems like mostly 3rd party distribution/storage facilities. Total, BP, Hess... Sold most or all terminals.

donOLD is incompetent.

That sounds like a perfect answer for Trump. Red states would get a temporary reprieve, making them think everything is fine now. Once the other shoe drops, the midterms will be over.

Trump is currently doing the best advertising for electric vehicles.

Trump wants to start the Great Depression 2 & WW3! And Republicans are responsible! 🤬

Its a desperate action to try and win over voters if he does it. Its as bad as saying there will be a $5,000 check to all Americans if you elect Republicans. It could help because it might temporarily lower diesel costs in the middle of the country, where Republicans are scared of losing seats.

I think our ‘national security’ is and has been compromised.

No they wont for us. It would for the others.

Sucks that prices are hitting highs in the U.S. because of global prices and not because of supply issues here. Meanwhile, Big Oil continues to report record profits.

The mechanics of backfire, please

It's like a sanction, except is imposed by us upon us.

I don’t think this administration cares about “long term” ramifications

Trump w/his IDIOT Circle Probably think the US is Strong enough 2 survive by itself Like North Korea & We've already FCKED our allies Anyway so who cares But the reason the US is The most powerful cuz All of our allies & trade partners Take all that AWAY & We're NOT even N Korea FLATTEN the Circle

Trump does care (just ask Tucker Carlson) he won't be around for the long range damage to the US.

Alliances, we don't need no stinkin' alliances, though I do recall in the early 70s tricky dicky price controls. Let's face it, if stopping exports increases prices watch the fossil fuel companies profits explode. If we had a functional government that could be dealt with.

This is like ignoring a toothache.

None of this would be happening if we didn't have an administration hell bent on destroying the US.

A long-term solution would be to open some recently shuttered refineries in NM, LA, WY, and in the mid atlantic and retool them to refine domestic petroleum. This type of solution would take years to see through. likely a decade to build.

I know oklahoma is always one of the last to feel economic disaster, so they remain in denial till its full blown

He doesn’t care as long as it doesn’t backfire before November.

The nation's economy probably shouldn't be run by someone with 7 bankruptcies. 🤷‍♂️

Too bad we have a mental midget in the WH who doesn’t listen to experts.

Lol that is what happens when you bully the wrong guy

"most experts agree...." In other words, none of the people in trump's circle. Understanding the very simple supply chain behind plain apples, oranges confounds a MAGAt. Thinking about diesel, gasoline logistics would put them in the ER, mandate 24x7 MRI monitoring

This definitely would ease a lot of pain with regards to the higher prices.

Taxs Free money!

It's funny that anyone would think trump cares about the long term

Not to mention the trade with , for example, Europe …..then you can keep your diesel for the end of time. Then it’s completely end with the trustworthy US(political it was already end )!

It's an especially bad idea, supposed to somehow help us? Iran won't be hurt,our few remaining Democratic allies will. The main exporter of Iranian oil is China. Is Trump going to ban China from buying oil Iran? Does extreme wealth cause stupidity and can it be passed on genetically? Apparently so.

There’s no shortage so it shouldn’t have gone up in the first place. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/09/im-o...

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

Mango Mussolini doesn’t care what happens AFTER the midterms, just like he didn’t give a shit once he stole the 2024 election and it worked this time.

bsky.app/profile/josh...

They aren't coming down until 2028. Ask the oil analysts.

and explode the prices on the east coast and west of the Rockies

Upfront prices won't move at all. We do not own the oil and we do not set the price

Hit the oil companies with a 70% windfall tax.

That is AI generated I looked it up I don't trust AI anything anymore

I have heard it Friday Last week before the Nor'easter I was in Dollar General Many truckers pull in there on their way to upstate NY which is about 35 minutes north, employee there asks and they tell told him Alot of truckers have just parked their rigs and looking for factory logistics work

Remember when Republicans were pro free trade?

It’s just Another Short Term band-aid by the Incompetent Trump Administration which will actually make things WORSE! That is their Standard Operating Procedure because they are MORONS!

An export ban would likely raise prices or create shortages on the West Coast and New England. Since retribution seems to be Trump’s primary motivation, that could be a feature rather than a bug.

Uh huh. That would throw a short term fuck into parts of Canada that import diesel from the US. Until we restructure our distribution and produce more of our own. With oil we won't be sending south going forward cause we need to make our own diesel. Ain't trade wars grand?

I agree with your point of view.

Trump loves bandaid victories then blames everyone else when the boomerang comes back around. Trump doesn’t think a problem through to its logical conclusion.

You spelled ‘will’ wrong

Quick question: what alliances does Drumpistan currently enjoy?

He‘ll do anything to lower prices for the midterms.

Perfect time for the RAILWAY advertising, don't you agree Adam, as a republican?

SCOTUS gave him carte blanche.

We export less than 25% of the diesel we refine, most of it in tiny increments, mostly to Latin American & Caribbean neighbors. Not only will it torch our remaining shreds of soft power as you note, it won’t do anything to fix the underlying ~$100/bbl crude issue www.eia.gov/energyexplai...

Trump is incapable of thinking beyond the next news cycle, though.

You’re not led by an expert, or someone who listens to experts. Your God Emperor will apply his own judgement.

Most experts would agree, we shouldn’t be burning fossil fuels. We should be embracing EV vehicles, solar power and better public transportation. Nah, let’s keep making/driving that fuel guzzling pig. Europe, Asia are so far ahead of us on efficiency. Stop chasing fossil fuel and think smarter. 

But by the time the rises come back, there will be Democrats in office for him to blame. It only needs to lower prices going towards the midterms....

You still expect him to pay attention to experts?

They DGAF about long term. They only look as far as first week of November.

Blames Ukraine at maximum

Since Mexico is not self sufficient yet in diesel, what do you think is going to happen to exports of car parts and food to the USA?

So this administration will probably do it.

What would happen is the countries that we export to, their diesel prices will go up. So in return whatever goods we get from those countries, they will raise the prices on us for those goods.

Trump isn’t interested in long term. He’s just trying to put a band aide on temporarily to try to make it through the midterms.

Can we all just agree that Republicans are pretty short-sighted in their ideas to fix things? Short-term gains need to be implemented ONLY when the long-term effects have been studied and agreed upon by consensus.

Imagine how much diesel and jet fuel is being used for the Iran war...that caused it.

Yep! Lots of stupid moves by the Epstein Administration!

Would like to extend a welcome to all these freshly baptized socialists....welcome to the struggle comrades!

It’s all about PR, they don’t give a shit about long term. It’s sound bites. Also, conservative main stream media are such liars that they compound the issues by not telling the truth

I know you have better insight into things than the average person. I’m an average person of normal intelligence and my common sense rules. I can predict this. All his crap. It’s cause and effect. It’s simple. They think we are stupid. We have got to gain control and try to right the ship.

Why in the world do you feel compelled to continually find some small piece you consider good in every hellscape presented by the trump administration?

Simple math, a quick bandage is not helping in case of a massive hemorrhage.

sigh

oh experts, shmexperts, silly, this is the Trump administration

I'll listen to Mr. Global on this one Adam. The price WILL go up, even in red states. Likely almost immediately

You really are a republican

Personally I have solar and an EV so I will be better off, but without electricity, there's no food.

Trump wants anything that makes him look good, even if it's short term. It also gives him time to find someone or something to blame when things go south again.

Bone spur fuhrer trump doesn’t understand “long term.”

I doubt your sorry excuse of a president being able to cognitively process this.

There's a more direct solution from our allies for Trump...

I would go further: The G20 should tell him to end his illegal war, comply with the MoU that he agreed to months ago, withdraw his blockade, and allow the Strait to re-open. That would bring down fuel prices worldwide.

Good point Adam, but I'll get back at ya I gotta deal with a lady posting about her salt and peppa pubic hair BRB

Sounds like a Republican Plan to me.

👋🤨💬Indeed, What's A Self-Absorbed Agent Of Chaos To Do But Be Unethically Corrupted, Self-Aggrandizing, With Only A 26% Approval Polls....EPIC FAILURE?! IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM AND FRANKLY HE DOES NOT CARE ONE IOTA FOR THE AVERAGE AMERICAN'S AFFORDABILITY. ONLY HIM, HIS FAMILY AND THE BILLIONAIRES!🤬

Yes, it would be a stupid solution. So that means it's exactly what the Trump admin will choose because they are incapable of looking one step ahead!

So another problem covered in MAGA GOP 🧚 poop. They really don’t know what they’re doing…do they⁉️ 🇺🇸 has discovered the feral 🤡 is another vile excuse to 🦆 behind. 🙄

Yes but he only needs the price to lower until the midterms.

Seems to me that the petro companies' reaction to this would be to reduce production of diesel fuel to keep the price up. Given the skyrocketing profits petro companies are enjoying, does anyone think they will do anything different?

Just hope your neighbour doesn't smoke...