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And prices are going to go higher, and soon, when the strategic petroleum reserves are depleted. And between Iran and Ukraine, there is diminished refining capacity worldwide. Even if Hormuz opened today, it’ll be years before we see gas under $4.

I can't believe that there are still these people around. Like, unless you're fully immersed in the cult, how fucking stupid do you have to be to ever believe what this orange, sub-moronic charlatan says?

Blame? This seems orchestrated. Isn't he in bed with big oil? Isn't his admin paying every competitor to oil to sit on their hands? Isn't every solar and EV incentive cancelled? Didn't he start a war with an oil state ensuring high prices? Doesn't big oil make crazy profit when prices are inflated?

bsky.app/profile/wash.... Case and point, it's working too.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

ExxonMobil and Chevron reported a combined $26.5 billion in profits Friday. But the immense profit stemming in large part from the war in Iran is fast making the companies a ripe political target. https://wapo.st/4wsxQAF

Truth! Presidents have historically been wrongly blamed (and praised) for gas prices. Even “drill baby, drill” BS as prices have declined was never a factor. But, in this case, Trump wholly owns the increase in oil and gas prices.

No that trump created a massive global supply shock, I can't wait for Canada to put a 100% export tax on the 4 million barrels per day they send the US, in retaliation for all his the trade bullshit.

@atrupar.com - thank you - you included how he is making sure to stop EVs to replace ICE and dependence on fossil fuel! But the whole economy is built on one trick pony - AI and Data Centers to help AI - all of GDP and stock market is built on this- and they are not competitive. (1)

a. LLMs are a commodity b. Open weighted models are just 4 to 6 months behind Frontier Models - and they are incredibly cheap c. They are also out compute - that is 4 to 7 times (more with less) d. They use less energy e. They are being developed in China - which supports - an incredibly

cheaper, super efficient and very clean renewables to just transport electrons rather then burn molecules and spin out particles less then 2.5 microns which cause 20% of premature human healths - while our data centers have to pay for power daily and their solar panels last 25 years and storage

And I will chip in from UK 🇬🇧 as he’s screwed our fuel prices too …and we definitely did not vote for him 😵‍💫 Thanks Don 👎👎👎

"In fact, if the Iran war drags on and gas prices stay high" If the war ends *today* gas prices will still stay elevated; between Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and Iranian strikes on gulf refineries enough refining capacity has been taken off-line to keep prices elevated for a while.

The weaponization of the DOJ is even more egregious. Trump tried to foment a coup, failed, grabbed damning classified documents on the way out, sold or destroyed them, and was handled with kid gloves after. Once back in power he has filed frivolous lawsuits and tried to pay himself billions.

His war to back his pimp Bibi has been a disaster since its inception. He has no exit strategy and the Strait which was open in February is not. Ya the dufus owns all the gas price destruction

Our reserves will be dried up in about 40 days if he keeps releasing oil to counter act his actions. After that we will be at the mercy of the international market. Prices will rise significantly from gas prices to consumer goods. Iran knows this and it is in the catbird seat.

What he deserves is a hurricane across Perv-a-Lago at a packed party as consequence for last 10 years of Drill Baby Drill. But not wishing for that cuz collateral damage to those poor souls in South Florida.