The small price to pay keeps rising. 
The national average price of gasoline topped $4.00 today for the first time since August 2022.
Gasoline prices are $1.04 from a month ago, up 34.7 percent.
The price of diesel is up $1.70 from a month ago, 44.4 percent. Diesel is only 36 cents from a new record high.
Small Price to Pay
Trump says this is a small price to pay for opening the strait that was open before he launched this idiotic war.
Wait a second. We need a fact check on that.
Sequence of Events
- Trump to ‘Obliterate’ Iran’s Power Plants if Strait Not Open in 48 Hours
- Trump Pauses Destruction of Iran’s Energy Plant for 10 Days
- Trump is not sure he’s willing to make a deal.
- Trump Unquestionably Threatens to Commit Mass War Crimes Against Iran unless the strait is opened.
- Taco Trump Is Now Willing to End the War Without Reopening Hormuz
So, we are paying a huge price and we don’t even know if the strait will be open any time soon.
Trump says this was planned. That sounds like an obvious lie but perhaps it isn’t. If this was planned, it was by the imbeciles Trump surrounded himself with.
Well, that’s OK. Israel demanded this. Who is Trump to refuse?
Florida Sen. Rock Scott congratulated Trump for raising the costs of goods and services in the country because he believes Iran posed a greater threat to American lives than the skyrocketing costs of healthcare, food, and gas.
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I am terrible at timing market moves but I have never been happier to collect 5% with no risk
Oil prices will far higher once Iran gets nuclear weapons.
Iran can fairly quickly assemble ~ ten 15 kiloton atomic bombs according to Ted Postol of MIT. And they can do that even after being hit by a nuclear attack.
Iran will probably end up with a regularized fee structure for passage through the Strait – effectively extracting reparations for Trump’s illegal war.
Interestingly all paid for by the rest of the world since the US ships nothing through that strait.
I’ve said it many times, a whole lot of countries sitting idly by when it makes zero sense to be doing so. They will be paying for Irans re-construction, not the US or Israel.
What’s their alternative to “sitting idly by”? No one can “ open the strait” when ships can be targeted by missiles fired from hundreds of miles away.
Gasoline prices have now lots of upside potential. Even if the Middle East disruption keeps the global oil supply reduced by a moderate 10%, WTI can easily surge to $150 (assuming a reasonable global oil demand elasticity). Using the usual rule of thumb (gasoline prices go up 25 cents per $10 oil price), we will soon be looking at gasoline prices well over $5. So, let’s enjoy the presently low gasoline prices as long as they last.
Market actually up and holding….Orange TACO is rock-hard!
1Q26
401K’s201K’s start mailing in the upcoming weeks*…people are going to sh&t themselves once they see a 10% drawdown after years of nothing but GREEN10% down on a $40,000 201K can be easily ignored….folks sitting on $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 in their account are going to be shawked
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‘*Rule is must be mailed within 45 days — I wonder who in the White House is tasked with calling the custodians and telling them to delay mailing as long as possible. lolz
“Orange TACO is rock-hard!” he must be thinking about Arnold Palmer in the shower
AZ,CA,FL,HI, NV and WA are all at record highs for diesel fuel.
Kind of ironical that the guy fighting hardest against EVs is responsible for a worldwide boom in EV sales.
I wonder if China said thanks to him today?
If not JD better get on that.
The price of diesel is ever more concerning.
But owning the libs is totally worth it! Who cares if the world burns?
UK to receive their last tanker of jet fuel.
https://www.ft.com/content/19f155b1-8b12-491a-bbc5-a3bdb2a2e607?syn-25a6b1a6=1
The last known shipment of jet fuel to the UK from the Middle East is expected to arrive this week, pointing to the fast-approaching impact of the Iran war on airlines and travellers.
It’s going to be a cruel summer…..
Obligatory musical tribute…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ml3nyww80&list=RDl9ml3nyww80&start_radio=1
The UK refuses to help keep Hormuz open. A high price is inevitable for those who do not look at the future and prepare while they can
The UK didn’t cause it to close.
Your child raping man crush did.
There’s nothing the U.S. can do to open the Strait much less the UK.
the UK could try talking to the Iranians. they appear to be agreement capable.
Trump wants Europe to go its own way anyway.
Why would Iran want to talk to the UK? They’re irrelevant.
Another possibility is that the US and Israel are just taking a break while they reload and rest their pilots and service their aircraft. This way they can gather data on Irans troop movements and listen to whatever command/control activities take place.
Israel has been taking land from and at war with their neighbors since Balfour in 1913, so, IMO this is unfortunately for the world at large only a short reprieve.
Yep….also, still working on that damage from the “laundry fire” (cough cough) on the Ford.
The US has to refinance 9-10 trillion of sovereign debt in 2026. Not only in the US, Israeli-Trump war hydrocarbon and oil by-product cost around the world around are skyrocketing. Countries are selling US debt to acquire dollars to offset the higher cost. Since 28 Feb, countries have been net sellers of 80-90 billion of US sovereign debt. This is a disastrous combination.
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it is over folks.. time to go home
morons in DOD(=offense) dropped 1 ton bomb. IT IS VICTORY!!
jesus!!!
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READ SOMEWHERE
starting 1944 USA/Britain dropped Hiroshima/ Nagasaki equivalent of explosives on Germany!! each week
they wiped whole cities (500 *800 thou) in one weekend!
and yet war lasted another year and half.
Iran’s National Security Committee has approved a bill that would impose fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, citing a committee member. The bill, if it becomes law, would:
Oman is slated to help shape the legal framework, Fars said.
How Iran is making a mint from Donald Trump’s war
How Iran is making a mint from Donald Trump’s war
As Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress, only Trump’s intelligence was involved in starting this war.
Operation: Stable Genius?
Export controls and price controls are coming !!
It’s the only way Trump can seal the bubble of the US, and prevent the export of our precious fluids !!
“We ARE NOT going to be affected by world markets !!”, says the King
“Every one–back to their places–America FIRST, I tell you!”
“No foreign entanglements !”
Yesterday isn’t soon enough for Plan R
No fluoridated water will be permitted to pass thru the Straights of Hormuz.
So some of our children could have a higher IQ, some doctors could state, based on Studies.
They will also have a significant decrease in Fluorosis from the excessive exposure of fluoride.
This is a good thing I suppose, but make sure to keep brushing your teeth, as it did help some in the number of cavities, but good hygiene should even it out or come close.
Three Reasons the Stock Market Can Endure the WarStocks haven’t fallen as much as you might expect given the Iran war. There are good reasons for that.
https://archive.ph/20260329103313/https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/three-reasons-the-stock-market-can-endure-the-war-23c5f966#selection-567.0-571.102
Went to grocery store this weekend, spent $200 on almost nothing and most of the stuff I bought was on “sale” to boot. Filled up wife’s car with fuel afterward, gas was $3.89/gallon. The guy behind me pulled up in a Silverado truck, looked very unhappy to be filling up at those prices.
I have friend in Australia, says gas there is now $6+/gallon and some stations running out of fuel.
The interesting thing is Trump can TACO but Iran can keep the Straits closed indefinitely, what then?
= spent $200 on almost nothing a
how much nothing per pound nowadays? :)))
alx
I pulled up to a station in my Honda Civic hybrid. Guy on the other side was driving a Ford Expedition. He looked on enviously as I filled up for $34 and he was still going at over $100. He asked me what my mpg were (50 mpg combined hwy/city). He said he was envious but needed the big car for his kids. There wasn’t anyone in the car and it was a Friday morning, so I’m sure he was on his way to work. He said he has 2 kids, teenagers. They would fit comfortably in my Civic. He spent a little over $124 to fill up. Probably for a weeks worth of commuting to work.
I think about all those poor thirsty F150’s, Silverados, and SUVs often…lol. Trump will make EVs great again!
Brent $118.45 as I type this….
If he doesn’t like $124, he really wouldn’t like $250 a tank – which could happen if Iran sets Saudi oil fields on fire.
What was the price per gallon?
The Expedition has a 23 gallon tank (unless it was the Max). At 5/gallon it would be 115 from DEAD empty. So it must be the Max (27 gallons) and he must have been very close to dead empty.
At 5/gallon you wouldn’t even be putting in 7 gallons. So either your tank is ridiculously small or you weren’t close to empty when you were filling.
Yeah, but hat Big Rig means he has The Freedumb!
The video of truck buyer stereotypes is a riot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZByvjgem6E
Driving my young kids involved on a road trip? P = M x V. Either “my other (local trip) car is a _ ” or rent the SUV.
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I have seen a lot of Big Trucks out there as well. I know they are making them bigger and more rugged looking. A friend drove over the other day in one. I asked how much, and he said just over 100K! He doesn’t own a boat, or anything to pull that I know of. I have always owned a truck, but always midsize so far, as no need for more than that.
All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you:
Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and
Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.
You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us.
Iran has been, essentially, decimated.
The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!
President DJT
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The lady doth protest too much, methinks
alx
You overlook the fact that there were no issues around energy, oil, gas, Isreal or Iran until Trump made it an issue, overnight and without any support
Every announcement is followed by an Insider Trade by the TrumpCO clan. SHORT ON BAD, long on GOOD.
> So when Biden came into office, on his very first day, Gas was @ $2.39 PG. Care to guess what Biden got gas up to in his term, and with no war, but with stupidity running t rampant. The National Average exceeded $5.00 PG. I don’t recall this reaction at all towards the Biden (or whomever?) Administration. It was all peaches and cream, and excuses!
> So when Biden came into office, on his very first day, Brent Crude Oil was @ $40.00 PB. Care to guess what Biden got Brent Oil up to in his term, and with no war, but with stupidity running t rampant. The National Average exceeded $100 PB I don’t recall this reaction at all towards the Biden (or whomever?) Administration. It was all peaches and cream, and excuses!!
Double standards abound as usual…
now compare overall gov debt
i guess gov debt was what $24*26 trln on first day of biden? and now it is almost $40 trln
Nice change to the discussion at hand. Oil & Gas prices everyone is now complaining about. Only because Trump is in office.
=Oil & Gas prices everyone is now complaining about.
mor!!on
higher gas -oil will get rates higher
higher RATES MEANS HIGHER debt service
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mo11ron, have you ever bought anything in your life?
how do you live?
DEBT NOW IS 25*50% HIGHER THEN DURING BIDEN term.
Its just a distractionfrom the Epstein Files
To answer your silly question, here is the factual amounts:
The national debt was $27.8 trillion when Biden took office and increased to $39 trillion by the time he left office.
The current debt is $39 trillion as of March 2026, so the debt is exactly as it was when Biden Left Office, so in essence Trump has kept the National Debt STABLE!!!
=and increased to $39 trillion by the time he left office.
USA GOV DEBT TO PENNY
2025-03-28 36.2 trln
2026-03-27,39.01 trln
3 trln in 1 single year!!!
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jesus YOU ARE effing MOR11ON !
get lost !
You’re not too good at math I guess.
Biden Left Office = 39T Debt.
Trump In Office for quite some time now = 39T Debt.
I’ll go slooooow for you… 39T = 39T look closely and that’s the same #. Whew…
mo11ron! google DEBT TO PENNY site
what math? are you an committed somewhere?
36 Trillion, not 39 Trillion! Jesus, are you reading it upside down?
I just checked and it was 36.2T so yes. I would then have to add, we are in the middle of a War, and massive Fraud and Abuse in our Country Financially, and Trump has only needed 3T to get by all of that.
Hell, in normal times Biden needed way more money and was approaching 39T so thanks for Trump keeping it so low in such volition times. Biden would have spent another 36.2T on top of the 36.2T he spent during Peace times…
You can lie to yourself, but not to us…
Gas was $2.96 the day of the election (Trump disaster#2). Today, gas at the same station is $4.19.
The debt? $35.9 T the day of the election and $39.1 trillion now.
But like Trump you are both bad at math and a liar.
I recalled incorrectly, not a lie.
And gas at that same station was over $5 when Biden was in office, so what?
And it was Over $5 PG when Biden was in office, and I verified my memory that’s typically fairly accurate.
Stu, you forget that Trump’s COVID policies had decimated the economy. Oil costs actually went negative for a moment as everyone was unemployed or working from home. The fracking industry practically collapsed. When Biden took over and cranked up the economy again, fuel prices skyrocketed as the US couldn’t restart its obliterated fracking industry quickly enough. It took a full year and prices did peak very high. But Biden’s policies got prices back under control and down to a national average of $3.08 and heading south. There is no double standard. Trump obliterated the economy in his first term. Idiots voted for him again. And he’s in the process of obliterating the economy in his second term. But what can we do? We let people like you vote who are completely clueless to history and how the world really works.
stu is mor1on!! cant get simple stats right.
dont bother
he-she is not real i guess!!
some binary process in NSA headquarters on office computer
How do you know I’m not a they/them? Don’t be so silly stupid in life and online…
– You forget that Trump’s COVID policies had decimated the economy. > At least that money was spent in America.
Covid did do a number on debt, but not nearly as much as DOGE uncovered, along with Fraud, waste and Abuse that we still don’t know how many Trillions were simply stolen, and gone from our economy.
This is not apples to apples like the debt being the same.
Don’t talk to us like you know anything about anything! You can’t even get the simple numbers right!
Trillions are not simple numbers, and I failed to verify, as I recalled it incorrectly. I just told you that. My sentiment is spot on however, and it’s still an amazing feat at those numbers when you consider what had occurred since Trump took over the office, we have a President with a working brain for starters. You may not agree with him, but you can comprehend what he says, and he doesn’t drool or fall down either.
Stu and pid meet again huh? I’m surprised you’re able to count that high while lying.
“But Biden!” is not an excuse. I didn’t and don’t support Biden’s War On Russia, either.
I agree, but they are when it’s convenient more often than not. I just have a hard time listening to so many bashTrump, and often for similar numbers as Biden had, or other examples where comparisons are the same. It’s as if it’s ok but only when Biden did it, to your point. Half the time or more Trump never even gets a chance at success, as he is bashed from the get go, just because of his name.
He has done an awful lot of good, many obviously would agree. His poll numbers don’t reflect at all what is spewed about him, and in fact the Democrats are in the tank right now, and NYC is about to implode! It may not beat CA. Which is exploding now, and there other states are right behind them… maybe they should watch and learn from Texas and Florida for just two of many examples.
You’re the one who is crying “But Biden!”
The diesel prices are more likely to constrict economic growth which has been held up by AI capex spending in the last 12 months rather than by consumers.
Lack of helium, fertilizer and derived products are going to inject inflation into the wider economy for the next few years at this point so the _best_ scenario is a recession to hit by the end of the year. (It’s planting season and fertilizer prices have doubled)
Kinda funny, automakers just recently decided to go back to big engines after polution regulations were eased.
The car companies were losing their shirts with EV’s, and they were way to expensive, and we’re going to cost far too many jobs in the Automobile Industry.
So lost jobs for people, lost revenue for Companies, and we don’t even have charging stations, well other than the $2 Billion? Biden spent on 2 or 3 maybe? We don’t make the Batteries, and we don’t want the environmental disaster of them anyway.
A very smart choice, for this point in time anyway!!!
The car companies didn’t expect Trump to start a war with Iran.
Trump actually knew EV’s now are a dog & pony show. At some point they will be the only vehicles on the road I am guessing, but where miles from there… this was a done deal long before the war, and just a matter of when, as it was already working up,to,it.
So Trump is now an engineer as well as a Persian expert and a military genius.
Same guy who bought a Tesla.
I didn’t say that, you just did. What he did, was ask the experts, and they said now is not the time for the Country, but let’s try it out in some areas.
I agree with that 100% by the way, as now is not the time for that, and not necessary at the moment. Once that was proven out, the plug was pulled.
I don’t blame a country with the ability to make all the parts, has cheap labor, and many live within short miles of one another, and wherever they need to be as well. Its early design was perfect for that, and China rightfully jumped on it.
You can’t just jump on new technology because it sound and looks good, and has a ton of money behind it by investors. What sounds good, sucked in many places, what looked good is constantly being redesigned, and investors only care about profit, and not the country in this example. Trump was spot on for NOW!
“What he did, was ask the experts, and they said now is not the time for the Country, but let’s try it out in some areas.”
Any evidence for that?
For that matter, Trump famously bought a Tesla, back when Musk was still “First Buddy”.
At what point will the MAGA crowd turn on the MIGA (Make Israel Great Again) crowd? People will ignore wars and genocide in far away places…..but come for their money??
Not possible. MAGA is a subset of MIGA, not the other way around. MIGA is omnipresent.
It’s impossible to be that way, as MAGA came first. You cannot be a subset of yourself…
– At what point will the MAGA crowd turn on the MIGA (Make Israel Great Again) crowd?
> Well the MAGA crowd is American (hence the A) and the MIGA crowd, if one exist, is Israeli (hence the I) Two entirely different Countries that are very strong Ally’s.
I suppose if the MIGA Crowd, turns into MIGA (where the I stands for Iran) then we could see a big problem. I am not at all worried about that scenario however, and neither should anyone else actually…
America and Israel are not allies. A parasite (Israel) has infected the brain of the host (US).
Reminiscent of the film Aliens, But without the happy ending. I would be happy though if Bibi got in the way of 9mm slug.
Seeing the chaos and misery that this war of choice is causing in the poor countries in Asia, I can only wish massive and excruciatingly agonizing gas pricing “headaches” to all Americans. May the USA feel but a taste of the pain caused by its political choices.
Very well said – America really is the most solipsistic country isn’t it?
$8.20 a gallon in the UK, Thanks America.
We still have $1.00 to go before we catch the all-time high of Biden.
is that an observation or a measure of Trump’s success?
Too many people take gas / oil for granted. Energy disruptions and higher prices force people to think about how they use energy, but people refuse and gripe. I remember in ~2004 when gas prices were high that people kept buying gas guzzling SUVs instead of sedans with good fuel economy. Nothing has changed in over 20 years.
I remember too, and then when gas got even higher in 2008, they couldn’t even afford to drive those cars.
The time to buy a gas guzzler is when prices are high for a sustained period. The reason is that most people stop buying those vehicles and so they get offered at big discounts that make them worth driving.
For example if you drive 15K a year and buy a 20 MPG guzzler you use 750 gallons. If you you instead bought a 30 MPG car you’d use 500 gallons. 250 gallons a year difference at 4/gallon is 1000 bucks in gas cost. But if you buy the Guzzler for 5K less price than the non-guzzler it takes 5 years before it’s a bad deal to buy the guzzler.
I remember the 70s when there was days you couldn’t buy gas.