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Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: 'If they rise, they rise'

https://lemmy.world/post/43903719

Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: 'If they rise, they rise' - Lemmy.World

Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not concerned about rising U.S. gas prices driven by the widening Iran conflict, telling Reuters in an exclusive interview that the U.S. military operation was his priority. “I don’t have any concern about it,” he said, when asked about the higher prices at ‌the pump. “They’ll drop very rapidly when this is over, and if they rise, they rise, but this is far more important than having gasoline prices go up a little bit.” The comments mark a shift in tone for the president, who touted a drop in gas prices in his State of the Union address last month and at a Texas rally focused on energy that took place just hours before the U.S. launched its air strikes on Saturday.

Zedstrian Mar 6

And the average Trump voter will just accept that happily.

outofthisworld Mar 6

They will think the extra price will be used for war

I figured they like higher gas prices. They will buy a bigger vehicle to use even more.

joekar1990 Mar 6

The diesel bros are going to be so proud. Diesel jumped the most since last month up $0.50 as a national average and sits at $4.16/gal according to AAA.

whyNotSquirrel Mar 6

with stickers of Boden: “I did this”

rockSlayer Mar 6

Now where’s the “I did that” stickers?

empireOfLove2 Mar 6

I already bought a pack of 100 months ago for this

DemandtheOxfordComma Mar 6

That’s because he rides for free. smh

desiccated_event Mar 6

inb4 WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED THIS WOULD HAPPEN?

pelespirit Mar 6

but this is far more important than having gasoline prices go up a little bit.”

Why is it more important?

More wealth extraction means more profits!

Also Israel. Don’t forget Israel.

Tempus Fugit Mar 6

Well this will certainly piss off the common man. This war shit will last until the midterms and that’s it. This also sucks ass because liberals will win easily. Libs gotta go.

Tempus Fugit Mar 6

I feel like folks here don’t know what a US liberal is. Liberals are big money lefties usually in support of Israel and certainly paid by billionaire PACs. Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Kamala Harris, etc. These are status quo opportunists waiting to waste your tax dollars too…

Oh, I wouldn’t be so sure. Dems will probably take the House, but not the Senate.

I anticipate a few impeachment attempts that go nowhere. Then Trump will conquer Cuba for giggles. Then things will flip a bit more, and a Republican president will “declare war” on China for who knows why. Then none of this will matter.

Tempus Fugit Mar 6

Well then thank fuck for the 2nd amendment, lol.

The comments mark a shift in tone for the president, who touted a drop in gas prices in his State of the Union address last month

That shit was last week

Between that and calling the war an “operation,” it’s obvious Reuters is sanewashing Trump.

I mean you can’t expect the leader of the formerly most respected country in the world to keep his promises for more than an entire week, now, can you?

Right? He was so proud of his (clearly fabricated) low gas prices.

halcyoncmdr Mar 6

Those EVs are looking pretty promising now aren’t they?

RedGreenBlue Mar 6

When 40% of electricity is generated with natural gas, it doesn’t matter that much.

MousePotatoDoesStuff Mar 6

Surely at least this way of generating power for EVs is more efficient than an engine that has to fit in a car?

greybeard Mar 6

Guess what? I can change how the power is generated for an electric car. I can’t change a gas engine to not be a gas engine. I know, it’s crazy right. Also, this may sound unbelievable, but natural gas electricity is way cleaner per mile than gasoline. So an electric vehicle charged by natural gas is still significantly better than a gas engine.

Granted, all of that is terrible compared to public transit, but most American’s don’t have a choice to use public transit, significant infrastructure changes must be made first, and we are decades away from that at best. So for now, electric cars are the best option, while hopefully the politicians start working on the infrastructure problem.

Couldn’t be more retrded

“Listen, I only say I care about shit to get you to vote for me. I couldn’t possibly care less what you have to pay. I’m the only thing that matters.”

timbuck2themoon Mar 6

I think it is a big shift honestly. Before he would pretend to give a shit, etc.

Between this and “yeah, some people will die” he’s not even making an effort anymore.

To me that is saying something. Precisely what I’m not sure but it’s a marked change.

It is a curious thing to see how much punishment and humiliation Americans will take from this asshole. The third Reich really is an apt comparison.

I mean I’m loathe to talk up old asking Adolf here, but he did things that benefited his people (at first) and he was quite loyal and dependable to his band of thugs (up to the night of the long knives, that is).

Trump only pleases his class and foreign autocrats whilst replacing his trusted followers on a whim every now and then. It’s simply baffling that no one has thrown him under the bus.

Voroxpete Mar 6

Yeah, Hitler understood that you needed the bread as well as the circuses.

That said, the degree to which he improved material conditions in Germany is overplayed in popular media. While the Nazis did push programs like the VW Beetle and cheap holiday packages, their relentless push to rearmament came at a serious cost to Germany’s ability to produce or import consumer goods, and the average German frequently struggled with empty shelves in the supermarkets.

dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️Mar 6

While the Nazis did push programs like the VW Beetle

Another point of order about that in particular, zero regular citizens who paid into the Beetle scheme with their little KdF-Wagen Sparkarte stamps actually received one. All of the Beetles produced went to Nazi party leaders, and then Germany went to war. Hitler may have successfully sold people on the dream of an affordable personal car but he literally used it as a mechanism to embezzle money from his own citizens which he stole and used for war production.

5 Mark die Woche musst du sparen wills Du im eignen wagen fahren, my webbed foot.

Voroxpete Mar 6

Excellent addition, thank you.

captainlezbian Mar 6

History really is set to the tune of Benny Hill in a minor key…

Yeah true, it’s not like he was a magnificent ruler, but he didn’t openly and brazenly shit on his constituents, service members and veterans.

It’s just bizarre that Trump managrs to be worse than Hitler on many levels and only has had one attempt on his life.

Bonesince1997 Mar 6

This guy never cares about anybody.

duncan_bayne Mar 6

That’s not true!

… he never cares about anybody who shouldn’t already be in jail for life.

The only time a narcissist thinks about other people is when they masturbate.

It’s like he thinks there is nothing he can say or do that will turn his lickspittles against him…oh, wait…

Bertrand "call me Butt" Kiss Mar 6

maybe he’ll reduce tariffs on cheap Chinese ecars :)

Blackmist Mar 6

“oh no, anyway” says man who’s country’s primary export is oil.

justalittleguy Mar 6

Strange, that wasn’t the attitude during Biden’s years. Almost like this fuckwad is a massive hypocrite

billwashere Mar 6

i.e. I don’t give a shit about you pleebs living paycheck to paycheck.

But most of us already knew that.

A business genius at work here

markovs_gun Mar 6

And suddenly all the people who voted for Trump “for the economy” are suddenly fine with it.

GreenBottles Mar 6

Not really how this is going… People are pissed

Pissed enough to do something, or just mad because gasoline is their lifeblood and it’s now expensive for american standards?

Typotyper Mar 6

Prove it!

From the outside the US appears fine with it

WizardofFrobozz Mar 6

100%

They are still too comfortable to lift a finger.

SaveTheTuaHawk Mar 6

But not enough to do anything. At all.

WizardofFrobozz Mar 6

Americans slept through the last 20 red lines. They’ll do nothing.

Gorgritch_Umie_Killa Mar 6

Gotta do what the mentally disturbed religious vision of the true leader tells him.

buddascrayon Mar 6

This is just more proof that he’s going to do something to prevent the 2026 midterms from happening.

Typotyper Mar 6

He thinks having a war and civil unrest, in the U, Iranian counter attacks would be even better, will let him cancel elections

anon_8675309 Mar 6

Reports are indicating this will last until at least Sept. so yeah. He’s gonna suspend voting.

If he does there better fucking be some pitchforks.

buddascrayon Mar 6

If it comes to that we’re going to need something stronger than a pitchfork.

anon_8675309 Mar 6

It’s metaphorical.

But pitchforks are good and sticky so could be interesting.

Lushed_Lungfish Mar 6

So are you jack asses that voted for him satisfied with this lower cost of living yet?