It is genuinely surprising to see how in so many interviews he is like 'meh, it isnt a big deal' in response to gas prices.
Below are just a few of the countless tone deaf claims and comments...
March 12th
"The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money."
April 16th
“They’re not very high. If you look at what they were supposed to be in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon, with the danger that entails. So the gas prices have come down very much over the last three, four days.”
April 23rd
“They would have opened it up three days ago,” Trump said of Iran. “They came to us and they said, ‘We will agree to open the strait.’”
“So I’m the one that kept it closed. We have total control of it, and it’ll open when they make a deal or something else happens that’s very positive.”
“I thought oil would go up to maybe $200 a barrel. And oil is a very different number than anyone thought,” Trump said. “In fact, this country is much lower because we have all the oil we can use.”
May 11th
“I think it’s a great idea. Yup, we’re going to take off the gas tax for a period of time, and when gas goes down, we’ll let it phase back in.”
Here we are now- 2 months after the President bragged that 'we make a lot of money' when oil prices go up and 3 weeks after the President claimed he chose to keep the Strait closed and that the US has total control of it.
We are apparently now going to ask Congress to suspend an 18 cent tax to lower gas prices. That tax funds highway construction, maintenance, bridge safety, and more.
We are going to stop funding that as a way to make gas prices be 47% more expensive than just before we bombed Iran, instead of the current pricing which is 53% more expensive.
Very rarely do I tie gas prices to presidents. I recognize that there are a ton of outside influences which make prices rise and fall during a presidency. That is the reality of a global economy and a global commodity.
Its been tough to say these last 2.5 months shouldnt be tied to Trump though.
