they can’t use gauges ?
We just have to guess at gallons ?


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The man is out to lunch. Time to call in his Ms. Harp to edit his “work.”

Btw does Trump know that gasoline prices are a result in a large part from the price
of oil and that oil is a traded commodity in things called oil price futures and that his
war to hide the Epstein files w/Iran the price of oil has gone up and that there is a
world wide shortage of oil too including in America too?

color skin is ok.

I do wonder where The United States went

What’s that?

Big trouble!

$2.50!

Soon there will be gas stations closing along long stretches of rural highways and drivers will be running out of gas and then the vultures will come out and the rural crime rate will become an epidemic. Ever see the movie "The Hills have eyes"?

utterly and completely own his ass and that of all his associates, and says "it's a nice place you got here, be a shame if something happened to it."

Hey, dumbass, the fossil fuel industry is not afraid of you! They own you. They own "your" Senators. They own "your" Representatives. They own "your" governors. They own "your" regulatory agencies. They will still own all of them after you are long gone from the scene.

He's going after retailers. The oil companies could get rid of him before breakfast if it suited them.

Why can't the corner store just give away the Snickers and Butterfingers?
Those are the ones I like.

In that case, the next Dem president ought to tell the health care industry to "...get their prices down immediately or big problems will lie ahead".

Problem solved! Same with housing costs.

until people give in.

Most people realize that eventually stops working.

It’s like when my 3 year old throws herself on the floor in the grocery store because she can’t get the candy bar. (I always walked away and just let her have a wobbly.)

and institute price controls.

And their god damned gauging. It’s all their fault. They started this war with their gauging ways.

who are keeping the prices high and posting record profits. Gas stations have a very slim profit margin on gas, which is why they all sell other things - to make enough profit to keep the station going. Gas is just a magnet to get people to come in..

At $2.50/gal retailers would be losing at least $0.70 per gallon because the wholesale spot price doesn’t include delivery or taxes.

If that happens he knows he'll not have enough votes to block an impeachment conviction in the Senate.

Gas would have gone down to around $1.50 if he told the truth.

Before you flame, both lasagna and sauerbraten are somehow always featured at Thanksgiving at our house.

Factory turkey just does not cut it.

And, the milk carton tends to be the favored centerpiece.

How does he plan to coerce the gas retailers into lowering their prices -- decree by social media post?

He may control the DOJ, but 2028 is gonna really ruin Don's life.

Discovery will be awesome.

Sign a few Royal Decrees (executive orders) and watch the monster that is the petro-chemical industry eat you alive!

Never gets his own little hands dirty.

Maybe trump IS an environmentalist!

https://bingx.com/en/news/post/trump-warns-gasoline-retailers-of-big-problems-if-they-don-t-lower-prices-president-acting-like-biden
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President Donald Trump demanded on Monday that gasoline retailers cut pump prices immediately, warning of “big problems” if they fail to act, as he urged companies to move faster after crude oil prices retreated from wartime highs.

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that “Gasoline Retailers must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY,” adding that “There will be no gauging, which is totally illegal.” He told retailers to “Start targeting around the $2.50 a Gallon number.”

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The message followed comments from days earlier in which Trump said he had instructed the Department of Justice to investigate oil companies for failing to lower gasoline prices in line with falling crude costs, accusing them of gouging consumers................................


As of Monday, AAA listed the national average for regular gasoline at $3.86 a gallon, down from about $4.50 in recent months. California averaged roughly $5.45 a gallon, a $1.59 premium over the national average. The state has the highest gasoline-related costs in the country, with excise taxes, cap-and-trade costs, low-carbon fuel rules and local sales taxes adding roughly $1.20 to $1.47 per gallon.

Then why didn’t he tell them to lower it sooner? And what will happen after the midterms? Back up to over $4 a gallon?

It will be fun to see how the GOP reacts if the next Democratic president uses these powers/threats to go after businesses the same way.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-gas-companies-price-gouging-225315784.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/wealth/obama-blames-speculators-for-rising-fuel-prices-idUSTRE73I5L2/

That's where the price points are affected the most. What an idiot.

He made 2 cents per gallon when gas was about 28 cents. So he was buying gas at 26 cents per gallon. Extrapolating to today where gas is around $4. a private station owner makes about 30 cents per gallon. Around here the private stations already have the lowest prices. The gas in their tanks is full of gallons bought at different prices. They ain't gonna lower the price.

There were objections because those taxes are what funds our road repairs.
Any news on that?

He means for him and the economy.

Fuel prices are artificially down mainly due to China not currently importing oil.

Don't be fooled by the futures price of oil dropping. This is pure market manipulation.

The fact is oil inventory around the globe is dropping to tank bottom and nothing, not even the orange asshole is going to stop the global effects from starting and cascading over the next several weeks. Oil executives warned us of this starting by July 4th and I think they know what they are talking about.

I expect that after the holiday you will start to see gas prices begin to climb again while inflation continues to climb out of control.

In short, we are fucked.

GOP looks vulnerable to me at this time, he lost an unpopular (and un-American) war of aggression against an exponentially weaker nation, prices across the board are dramatically up and he's been going on about ballrooms and celebrations.

my guess is this little trumper e-tantrum of his is just him placating the reps and sens begging him not to screw up November more than he already has.