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JD Vance gloats that allies are 'suffering more than US' from high gas prices

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JD Vance gloats that allies are 'suffering more than US' from high gas prices - Lemmy.zip

The worst and most stupid bit is this: Speaking to crowds on Wednesday, vice president JD Vance said US allies are “suffering from this, frankly, more than we are.” He claimed this was because they had “focused on a lot of green energy scams and they’re hurting a lot more than we are.” Vance continued:"As much as we’ve got to focus on getting these gas prices down, the reality is overseas they’re feeling it far worse than we did because we’ve taken the steps to protect our energy economy.

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Bonesince1997 1d ago

Why are they allies when spoken to and treated like this?

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fizzle

This is a great question that I’m kinda raging about.

I’m Australian. Our fuel prices have increased by almost 50%. Inflation for this year is projected to be 5%.

This is a ridiculous, unnecessary war, serving the interests of a despot we have had no business in supporting.

I imagine that our Prime Minister would say, we were USA allies for 100 years before Trump, and will be for 100 years after he’s gone. It’s true that our alliance runs deep. The current AUKUS agreement concerns building submarines in partnership over several decades.

However, I’m peeved that our Prime Minister is tip toeing around avoiding saying anything mean about the pedo in chief. Trump has thrown us all under the bus for his own reasons, and absolutely deserves to be called out.

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Bonesince1997 1d ago

Thanks for sharing your point of view. What a mess! But that’s a good point about the history of nations, others also mentioning similar sentiments.