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[–] 33 points 1 month ago

2012-2014 prices were high due to refinery issues and hurricane interruptions to gulf coast production. 2026 prices are high because Trump actively chose to start a losing war.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago

    I'm sure what baffles me more; the fact that Trump has been using the 'high gas prices' as a campaign tactic since 2012 or that fact that people believed it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Fire is at crazy levels — gas the pedo

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Fire as in laying him off or...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    The executive branch doesn't generally impact the price of gasoline, except through complex indirect mechanisms.

    Starting a war in the place all of our oil goes through is pretty goddamn direct and pretty goddamn simple.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That was my favorite episode of Firefly.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Is there a compilation somewhere of all the times old tweets from Trump directly argue against current Trump? It seems to happen quite frequently, and my google-fu has failed me.

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