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How in touch he always seems with the common man. Just remarkable.
Would you expect any less from the man who invented the word "groceries"?
And so many of these "common men" still seem to really believe that no matter what he actually says or does, all that matters is that he talks like the person they imagine him to be, which they believe means he unequivocally understands and cares about them and can do no wrong. He really does love the poorly educated, and you can see why.
The reality distortion field Trump supporters seem to be trapped in is rapidly approaching the strength of a black hole. I'm not sure what happens when it all collapses and they all fall into the event horizon but I'll certainly be glad if they can't escape and we never have to hear from most of them ever again.
Makes these old images of Biden raising gas prices funnier to dig back up. Omg $3! When some places now are pushing $6.
Here in the Southeast, those stickers were all over the place, too! Sometimes I'd even see them inside stores, people were putting them out faster than employees could remove them. They weren't just used at gas pumps, though that was obviously the primary placement for them.
I've only seen the Trump version online so far. Wonder why those same people who were putting out the Biden ones aren't getting the Trump ones out as quickly?
I'm sure it's not that they're low-life partisan hypocrites. It's probably the lingering effects of the illegal tariffs driving up the cost of the stickers at a time when they've lost their jobs and healthcare so they literally just can't afford the gas or the stickers to be able to put them out. I'm sure it's that.
The original Reuters article instead of this dumpster fire of a source. (Canned explanation whenever I'm not so lazy.)
Also, the IB Times (as usual for this piece of shit outlet) is citing a quote from over a month ago as if it's new news.
Guy who doesn't pay for his own gas doesn't care about gas prices. More at 11.
"let them ~~eat cake~~ use diesel"
Diesel is more expensive in the US.
Cake is more expensive than bread
and some breads in the US qualify as cakes due to unnecessarily high sugar content
Wasn't he elected precisely because of things like gas prices?
If he was PM here in UK he would be facing calls to resign. This would be seen as abandoning the electorate or breaking a manifesto pledge.
In normal countries if a budget can't be decided on, the government collapses and an election is held. In the US, they have indefinite 6 month extensions where they end up not paying government employees every 6 months for a month. The whole country is broken.
Christ, if anyone in the public sector went a month without pay over here the unions would be rioting in the streets. It just wouldn't happen.
Come to think of it, regardless of whether a budget passes or not, I suspect the government would still be legally bound to pay wages. I don't know for sure though cos I can't remember it ever happening.
In parliamentary democracies, it defaults to the status quo. Basically last year's budget, plus that changes that it entailed. Taxes are still coming in, so there is no reason to stop money from going to places it needs to go and the difference between balance is called a deficit. Belgium could not form a government for 1-2 years rcently and ran through this scenario.
Its amazing that not only did the US never plan for this scenario but they've never changed it since. How do you convince someone to work for you when they might only get paid for 10 months a year?
And that downtime won't be good for productivity either.
No, that's fake news. What he said — he said you hear me ? He said he was gonna lower the price of eggs. And he did, it's tremendous, the eggs... They're cheaper than ever before. And they're huge, huge eggs you wouldn't believe it. I saw an egg.. hear me, an egg that was so big it made Xi Jinpin afraid. Bigger than Greenland, and it was a cheap egg, a proud American egg. But now people don't want cheap eggs, they want cheap gaz. Because that's what woke Biden told em to want. /s
Why should he care? He doesn't pay for gas. That's somebody else's problem.
He has a whole country to pay for his gas.... imagine how great that's be if you were the biggest douche in the universe?
I sort of wish South Park would redo that episode with Trump instead cause he definitely beat out John Edwards. Could even just be a cut and paste for the most part, slightly different dialogue. Then a short live action apology with Matt and Trey saying hiow sorry they were that they didn't realize there was such a better candidate when they first aired it and how much Trump is so much douchier than their original winner. Fuck even top it off with a cheesy gold paint sprayed award sent to acknowledge his accomplishments.
So where are all the "I did that" stickers on the gas pumps with his face?
If they rise, they rise. Just makes solar an even more fucking obvious choice.
He must have a great plan to win the mid-terms....wonder what that could be???
Voter suppression
Yeah. The morons he had to appease already gave him a 2nd term.
His is entirelly a "some of you might suffer and I'm willing to make that sacrifice" perspective, and he and his family have surelly made more than enough money frontrunning his proclamations to cover any costs he has from higher fuel price rises, so he is alright.
Marie Antoinette wants her sentiment back
(Yes I know it’s apocryphal don’t @ me)
He's a secret stooge of the environmentalist movement and this is his endgame to kill the internal combustion engine. Wake up, sheeple!
Can somebody explain this part to me?
He also signalled hope towards the fuel costs going down in fall, telling the host, 'I hope so. I mean, I think so. It could be. Or the same. Or maybe a little bit higher. But it should be around the same. I think this won't be that much longer.'
How can this be reported as him signalling hope? This is gibberish. Best part of all is that stockbrokers and traders will run with this as if it is now a given and then act complete pikachu if it doesn't happen.
Djezes this is the stupidest timeline.
If the president gets shot, then let him get shot.
I would be impressed this is a 4D chess move to stop reliance on oil countries and adopt green tech without angrying his base. But unfortunately this is probably just an old man that is suffering dementia.
Rump couldn't play 1d checkers, let alone 4d chess 😆. He is a bumbling clown and a coward, and all Americans should be embarrassed and ashamed.
US == Casino, confirmed?
Let them drive EVs...oh wait.
Remember what used to happen when some out-of-touch rich person gave folks the, "Let them eat cake" speech? Yeah. Good times.
Of course, he's an agent of influence, Putin's running dog tasked to just run the US to the ground.
he already said to his followers: "GET used to it, and stop complaining"
Tbh, I'm not so concerned about myself. But the effect of higher gas prices tends to be very regressive. People who have less means often have to drive less fuel-efficient vehicles and have longer commutes due to housing costs. Additionally, this is going to affect the cost of other things (e.g. food).
People who are already stressed financially are going to really feel the squeeze.
That’s not a bug, but a feature. It means more money flows from poor Americans – often POC or immigrants, who Trump despises – to his already filthy rich friends in the oil biz.
Diesel at $5 a gallon is going to concern him a lot in a couple of months. In fact it's going to be a very great concern for the entire Republican Party.
It is pathetic if egoistic concern over gas prices is the thing that sours MAGA on Trump, after all the shit Trump has done.
I saw diesel at the equivalent of $7.47 USD/gallon today where im at.
I think that the distinct overlap between abusive religion and abusive leaders is what makes the former so useful to the latter.