Yes, Trump really said that. Democrats are sure to make it a campaign issue.
Truth Social
Truth Social Link: 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. BUT, of far greater interest and importance to me, as President, is stoping an evil Empire, Iran, from having Nuclear Weapons, and destroying the Middle East and, indeed, the World. I won’t ever let that happen! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
Well, I am glad we cleared that up. And Trump has been remarkably consistent on this too.
Just to be sure, let’s fact check that idea.
Trump’s Timeline
| 8/9/24 | “Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”NBC Montana, Trump Rally in Bozeman, MT, YouTube (August 9, 2024). |
| 8/14/24 | “Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months” “Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”PBS NewsHour, Trump Rally in North Carolina, YouTube (August 14, 2024). |
| 8/17/24 | “Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down and we will make America affordable again. We’re going to make it affordable again.”“We’re going to get your energy prices down. We’re going to get your energy prices down by 50%.”PBS NewsHour, Trump speaks at campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, YouTube (August 17, 2024). |
Key Quotes and Positions (March 2026):
- On Price Declines: “Once the national security objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved, Americans will see oil and gas prices drop rapidly, potentially even lower than they were prior to the start of the operation…” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt via CNN.
- On Economic Impact: He previously stated that rising gas prices are a sign of “failed leadership” and would “absolutely kill any movement in the economy” YouTube.
Obviously, this clears things up.
Q: How so?
A: Trump was right then and he is right now.
Q: Isn’t that contradictory?
A: Of course not, silly. Trump is always right.
Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s discuss other news of the day.
ZeroHedge Notes a Dire Situation
That “Dire Situation” headline must be wrong.
Q: Why?
A: If we are making lots of money on gasoline, we are making lots of money on Natural Gas, too.
Case closed.
More Good News for Higher Prices
How can that do anything but support higher prices allowing the US to make more money?
We Took a Little “Excursion”
A Word About Excursions
There’s no question someone in the White House told Trump to call the war in Iran an “incursion,” but he heard it as “excursion” and now he keeps calling it that – making the war sound like a holiday getaway – because no one around him ever corrects him when he makes a mistake.
That view is debatable
- Incursion: an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one. “incursions into enemy territory”
- Excursion 1: A short journey or trip, especially one engaged in as a leisure activity
- Excursion 2: A deviation from a regular pattern, path, or level of operation.”the firm’s disastrous excursion into the US electrical market”
With that debate unsettled, let’s return to the good news.
A Word About Diesel Prices
Brilliant Thinking
I am in complete agreement.
“High gas prices are good actually” is a brilliant midterms message, and the president should definitely keep hammering it.
And the Good News Keeps on Rolling
Wow. We may be headed for perpetual war and/or ground troops.
On the high prices are good theory, this news rates to stunningly good for oil prices, natural gas prices, aluminum prices, fertilizer prices, and prices in general.
If you fail to understand that, you fail to understand the magic of 5D thinking.
I repeat: “High gas prices are good actually” is a brilliant midterms message, and the president should definitely keep hammering it.
Then again, Trump won’t have to. Democrats are sure to use that quote in the mistaken belief that it will help them.
And that’s the amazingness of Trump’s obvious brilliance.
Related Posts
March 10, 2026: An “Angry” Senator Blumenthal Says “Path Is Boots on the Ground” in Iran
OK Mish, What Are the Odds of Boots on the Ground?
March 11, 2026: IEA Will Release the Most Oil in History Hoping to Lower Prices. Impressive?
The IEA will release 400 million barrels of oil hoping to tame crude prices. So what?
March 11, 2026: Three Oil Tankers on Fire Following Trump’s Advice, Crude Jumps Again
Hey, I thought the war was over.
March 12, 2026: Trump’s Head-Spinning Iran Reversals and Explanations “We Did the World a Favor”
Imagine Biden started a war and said something like that.
March 12: Tame CPI Still Spells Trouble for Fed’s Favored Inflation Measure
A Bloomberg article comments on something I have been discussing for months.
I haven’t heard from the enviromentalist. They should be cheering the increases in gas prices. People will drive less and maybe go and buy a Tesla. Isn’t that what they wanted?
Well, huge tankers, oilfields cities are on fire, my totally new friend DaveFromDenver, so probably not.
Environmentalists don’t get off on people being slaughtered like your kind does, so this is really a bust for them.
(Sad Trombone noises)
Why would I buy a Tesla when the latest BYD can charge 20 -> 80% in 5 minutes and travel 500 miles?
Oh wait. They are not sold in the US.
When Trump says “we”.he means him and his buddies so once again, he’s right. It’s a small club and you ain’t in it.
And, when his mideast excursion ends, he’ll claim his ninth win in stopping wars. To stop a war, you gotta have a war. Nobel peace prize for sure this time.
I heard that 50% of LNG shipping is behind the straits. Which I think will lead us to a much greater shortage of LNG than what the straits provide.
Don’t know anything about oil tankers.
And now Trump will remove all sanctions on Russian oil.
Russia is the big winner here.
China is winning as well because Iran has still been shipping oil to China.
The biggest losers: the persian gulf countries, the global supply chains and the global economy.
Much of the world is paying dearly because of the “stable genius” we have as President.
Interestingly, Israel is also potentially a winner from the 30-day waiver specifically allowing countries to purchase Russian oil and petroleum products currently at sea because Russia still provides nearly half of Israel’s imported refined products, including gasoil, diesel, and vacuum gasoil (VGO) used to produce military-grade fuel.
If I had a country I would be seizing and confiscating Russia oil tankers.
Seems international law no longer exists.
It works the same with gas and houses.
The only consistent strand in Trump’s thought is that the only mode of thought he knows is about counting the money involved, regardless of what side of what balance.
Whether it’s Gaza, Russia, Ukraine, Golden domes, or Hormuz, he’s always thinking about how to count so much money.
High oil prices are very similar to tariffs in their effects.
Approaching two weeks now. The strait is still essentially closed.
The strait has never been closed before, and most experts considered that possibility a worst case scenario that could cause severe global economic distress after just two weeks.
Oil, LNG, fertilizer, helium, semi conductors, food, aluminum, pharmaceuticals etc are all impacted severely. A global recession will result if this continues much past two weeks.
I was not expecting this to go past two weeks because the world could not stand it and would have to get involved somehow to end it. So far, they have only responded with minor things like SPR releases. That’s not enough.
But wait. There is now an even worse possibility.
Iran is now threatening to destroy oil infrastructure all through the Persian Gulf region. If this occurs it could trigger a global depression before the year is over.
We live in interesting times.
I am still selling small portions of my oil stocks as they keep hitting new record highs. Raising cash for a possible big downturn. Over 50% cash for only the second time in my investing career.
Wow, what a genius!!!
We should be so proud!
/s
What a moron, or maybe he’s actually a comedian and at some point he’ll finally say:
“ ha ha just kidding!!”
This is how a deranged mind functions.
No, demented, power mad, blackmailed by Mossad, media distractor from Epstein, and/or influenced by Bible belt
> “Democrats are sure to make it a campaign issue.”
Let’s reflect on this.
Great Tarzan is going to make as all rich….
News of an KC-135 refueling jet has crashed in Iraq with 6 crew aboard. This is rapidly turning into a quagmire. Just as the invasion of Ukraine has wrecked Russia, so will this war with Iran wreck us. This dirtbag conman has really harmed us.
look another uneducated moron1 who cant speak Russian language and does not live in Russia BLATHERING ABOUT RUSSIA!
one , single simple question : how do you know? cnn told you?
alx
HELLO COMRADE. HOW IS LOVELY RUSSIAN WINTER WITH YOUR SISTER TO KEEP YOU WARM?
LOL imagine if the US ends up in Iran as long as Russia has been in Ukraine now. No no though, I’m sure the little thing in Ukraine is going great! I mean, it’s taking a bit longer than the initial 10-day plan, but still! Great!
Is that the same Kuwaiti pilot again?
Has his sights set on being the first ace of Operation Epic Folly [OEF]?
He bankrupted his casino, his share holders and he still enriched himself.
He did exactly the same to his country.
This is certainly what I voted for and I don’t even understand what’s going on since Trump said he wasn’t going to get us into any foreign excursions but now we’re in one so he’s probably playing 17-D chess and I’m just an amoeba. Well, I’ll continue to vote for the White guy because I know he’ll protect my place in the social hierarchy.
A former friend of mine once said “the GOP is feckless” just before the election of 2016. He said we needed a real leader like Trump. One thing is still for sure: the GOP is still feckless.
Who is “We” make a lot of money? Exxon, Chevron? those are private companies…the country doesn’t make more. In Mexico, the price of gas hasn’t gone up, not 1 peso. Why, because the country actually owns the oil and refineries. There’s no price gouging. In fact, since I moved my family there almost two years ago now, the price has never changed. It never shoots up due to some holiday, etc. like it does in the US. Americans have no clue in all the various ways they are screwed. Mexico also uses some of it’s oil revenue to cover their universal healthcare.
But, but, socialism is evil! Mexicans cannot make money when the price of gas goes up, unlike in the capitalist US! LOL
I know you guys and gals are sick of me saying this but look up “Plutocracy”.
The federal government’s job is to run America Inc. , and that my friends is owned by a handful of people. The rest of us are consumers and/or cannon fodder.
Its so entrenched that the President doesn’t bother to hide it anymore.
And in stupid news from The Homeland:
““I’m thrilled to announce this historic seminar between the FBI and the UFC at Quantico,” said Patel. “This is a tremendous opportunity for our FBI agents to learn and train with some of the greatest athletes on earth — helping the world’s premier law enforcement agency be even better prepared to protect the American people.” – Kash (Lazyeye) Patel
Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting again, just like in ‘75. History does echo, in weird and twisted ways.
At least we got good music from Kung Fu Fighting plus Motown then.
FIB agents learning MMA? Why? Reminds me of the scene in Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Instead of fighting the swordsman with a sword, Indy just takes his gun out and shoots the guy. I imagine an FIB agent would do the same thing: draw their firearm and put two in the center mass. Much safer than trying to grapple with someone. No need to risk catching AIDS or Hep C from someone you are trying to arrest.
Kash just wants to slobber over the MMA guys.
The Donald might need a slight slogan change to? ….Making Americans Poorer Again and Again….
MAPA
Robbers, extortionists and protection rackets can make lots of money, too.
Apparently there is confusion that the Gov’t is the people, not a self-serving entity wanting to grow ever larger.
People? What people? theamericanpeople is a hoax, like manbearpig.
The world’s never seen prices like this in history, going back to the Roman Empire and were still bigger today, that’s what people are telling me I can’t go anywhere without hearing about the amazing oil prices making our country so great.
No cost too high…
Investing.com — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on Thursday that no cost would lead him to tell President Donald Trump that the war on Iran is unaffordable. When asked by Sky News whether a specific price point could prompt such a confrontation with the president, Bessent responded “absolutely not.”
Maybe when….Hell freezes Over….then Bessent will reconsider?
Base case on rates now is NO CUTS for the year. Probably UP is the next move.
Not quite.
What is accurate is that a full cut is no longer priced in.
I see lots of bad reporting of this
Trump voice:
“we’re taking oil prices to levels never seen before”
But don’t democrats want higher gasoline prices because the world is going to end in… 5 years?
Well, less than 5 years with the way Trump is speed running us into collapse. Who knew electing a felon pedophile rapist who bankrupted 6 companies would be a terrible president?
“You don’t get the leaders you need. You get the leaders you deserve.”
god dammit, I knew I shouldn’t have bought the 20 year shingles for my new roof…
it’s the Army “we”
when the sergeant says, “We’re going to dig trenches today”, you know sarge isn’t going to touch a shovel
“We’re gonna make a lot of money…”
Let’s just nuke the entire Middle East and we will all be rich!
“When Oil Prices Go Up” – Everything Else Follows (Transportation Costs, Etc.)
Well technically, Trump’s correct if you positioned your portfolio with energy companies then you’re making a ton of money. If you failed to do that then you’re going to be in the poorhouse.
This can’t last forever, the cure for high oil prices is a crashed economy and thus low demand so the energy complex will eventually come crashing down. Sell calls on rallies, buy puts on crashes.
Next campaign pitch: “Once enough Americans die in Iran, it’ll be easier to find a parking spot.” or “Nuclear war will ease the housing crunch.”
Have you noticed the TSA lines at the airport are shorter?
My main worry, Trump deciding there is only one way out of this humiliation.
@Mish…. turns out upvote is still broken. It says “you cant upvote your own comment” when I try to upvote any comment by anyone.
Hmm…maybe I AM everyone, just a bot arguing with itself, and WordPress has become self aware and figured it out.
I was able to upvote this post…
WordPress is lying to me as well…
incorrectly accusing me of self-promotion…
as if I were John Barron/Donald Trump.
WordPress once bit my sister. It’s a menace.
No, I am everyone now, too
Maybe this is all a dream and I am AI…
It continues to block me as well…
I can’t upvote either.
You are everyone.
It’s very Buddhist.
There but for the grace of God go I.
Was broken yesterday – fixed today
And the corollary for your statement that “Wow. We may be headed for perpetual war and/or ground troops.” is that if this were said over there it woulld be:
“Wow. We may be beheaded for perpetual war and/or ground troops.!”
By chance I was on a call w/ a Saudi Officer couple decades back (waiting on a visiting American to come to the phone) so I asked what would happen if someone called him a [insert racist term here]. He immediately said “We’d cut your f….g head off!”. I said “just kidding…was wondering!”. Not to mention glad I was not over there at the time!
“We” being the ultrawealthy, and the money will be made off the proles trying to survive in the economic disaster the wealthy created.
Know your enemy.
High prices being a good thing…
also explains why King Chaos thinks tariffs are so great.
And for all his billionaire business buddies…
they just might be.
Hey, the Ringmaster of this 3 Ring Circus is now bringing in the proper footwear:
Little Marco mocked for wearing clown shoes in Trump suck-up
It’s just pathetic how him and Cruz continue to suck up to Trumpstien, after all the shitty things he said about them and their families. I get second hand embarrassment just watching it.
I mean he could stuff newspaper in there or something. He’s gonna hurt himself on the stairs.
When it’s your own shoes you are hoping to grow into…sad.
“When Oil Prices Go Up, My Family Makes Lots of Money”
FIFY