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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.
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DENY. You’re such a liar. Wouldn’t know the truth if it hit you in the street.
This man thought a banana cost $10, and didn’t go to a grocery store until after he was president.
He was just quoted as making fun of the concept of the “corner store.” Apparently he grew up in NYC, and has never heard the term Corner Store. Out of touch much?
Could you imagine him in a bodega? He probably couldn’t fit through the aisles and wouldn’t know what any of the food is anyway.
“Where’s the Diet Coke?”
The clerk just waves in the general direction of the coolers without looking up from his phone.
“HEY! There’s a fucking CAT back here!”
There’s always money in the banana stand
TiL Lucille Bluth is Donald Trump
He didn’t actually say a banana was $10 did he?
I was confident it was one of his quotes, but I think I may have misunderstood an Arrested Development quote.
But he does things “Health Insurance Costs $12 Per Year”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rich-health-care-insurance-cost-639676
Gas prices are lower now than they have – been before
Trump said those prices are not as high as what was expected from the war
So if we believe him, he expected it to be even worse and still went ahead?
Real man of the people.
“The morons” -ftfy
That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. <----
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.This reads like poetry.
It’s a lot less poetic when you had to live through it.
Not mine, fwiw. It’s circulated as “The Narcissist’s Prayer” online.
What is wild is that so many reactionary centrists spent years lecturing the Biden administration and “blue MAGA” 🙄 for trying to explain the full context of the economy under Covid and instead trying to insist that instead of numbers, we should be listening to the vibes, man. Ignore all those market indicators, people feel bad, man, and anyone that says otherwise should be ashamed, etc.
Wonder where all these assholes are now, given that, as opposed to the case for Biden, we can point DIRECTLY at something that PEDOnald has done to drive things that hurt the economy and make everything more expensive.
low gas prices is the only reason his other idiot policies have not caused collapse. Its all fairy dust and happy thoughts at this point.
Donald Trump said Thursday that gasoline prices are “not very high.”
So, does that mean he’s going to do things to make it go even higher?
As in “it’s not high yet”?
Only 65%??? Who the hell do the rest think caused the increase by starting a war of choice?
35% is about the point at which you will always have Republicans supporting something regardless of how awful it is as long as it is a Republican position. 40 years of brainwashing by right-wing propaganda and corporate media complicity with it ensure it.
Probably Obama or something insipid like that
like the biden inflation that was blasting up literally as he took office and was down by the time he left and curiously one year into trump is blasting up again.
So the Bidenification is going in record time - he’s now to the “no stupids, the economy is fine actually, you’re just too dumb to realize it!” phase.
How’d that work for Biden, I forget?
How can you still afford to be huffing gasoline with these prices!?
The economy was significantly better under Biden, who started his term with a global shutdown. Inflation was brought back to normal levels, job creation was higher than under Trump and the US had a decently strong economy in comparison to other countries.
You didn’t forget, you’re dishonest. Either a MAGA troll or a useful idiot for MAGA.
Both can be true. Biden was improving the economy in places, but many people did not feel the recovery.
Shitlib, not everyone that doesn’t worship your version of neoliberalism is a Trump supporter. I’m a fucking Marxist.
Biden’s economy continued the path of the US since the 1990s - stagnant wages, so most growth goes to the rich in a K shaped economy. The gains the workers saw were quickly rolled back in the name of “curbing inflation”, which of course fell on the working class, not asset holders.
You want to play statistic games like you are, we can talk about how child overtly doubled under Biden after he chose to let the child tax credit expire.
Or we can skip it - because 2024 already gave a verdict on this. For years Bidenonmics tried the “no, the shit you’re eating is good actually”, and that’s why you have Trump again.
*Republicans do something bad
“This is just like Biden!”
That’s all they have. They’ll never admit to being swindled by their God Emporer.
In this episode of “History Repeats Itself,” we explore MAGA’s “Let them eat cake” moment.
Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode “GUILLOTINES!”
I actually agree with him… They aren’t very high in comparison to how high they are going to be very soon!
Or like, what the rest of the developed world pays for gasoline. We drive half price in the States, $4 is nothing. In Italy where some family live, fuel is (converted) about $2.10 a LITER. The average world price is $1.40 a liter. 3.8 liters to a gallon, the math isn’t hard. We’re complaining about having to pay a little more than half price.
Its the same cost but italy taxes gasoline much higher, in Italy it’s like 7 dollars in taxes a gallon while the US is around 20 cents a gallon. If Italy taxed gas the same as the US it would be 4 bucks also
“they’re not very high…. They’re not very high… they’re not very high”
-Trump supporters trying to convince themselves
