• Pofski@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    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.

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      8 hours ago

      How can this be reported as him signalling hope?

      because it’s propaganda of a real story, you already know the right of it.

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    14 hours ago

    His is entirelly a “some of you might suffer and I’m willing to make the 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.

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    10 hours ago

    Fucking selfish evil piece of shit human being. There is absolutely no regard for the welfare of others.

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      22 hours ago

      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.

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    He’s a secret stooge of the environmentalist movement and this is his endgame to kill the internal combustion engine. Wake up, sheeple!

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    Makes these old images of Biden raising gas prices funnier to dig back up. Omg $3! When some places now are pushing $6.

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      11 hours ago

      Many places In europe charge more than 2 euro per liter. so like 9 usd for a gallon.

      also many places in europe have more fuel efficient cars

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        Also, we’re kind of used to those prices, because most of it is tax. The changes in actual gas price (which are upsetting Americans now) are fractions of the usual price for us.

        Of course we also complain about high prices, but it doesn’t break our budgets.

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      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.

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    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.

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      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.

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      No, he doesn’t care because big oil companies are raking in extra revenue from the oil crisis. Selling less for more is apparently good for business.