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(131,868 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:27 PM Thursday

Trump's New Spin on Spiking Oil Prices [View all]

Trump’s New Spin on Spiking Oil Prices

March 12, 2026 at 9:59 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 225 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/03/12/trumps-new-spin-on-spiking-oil-prices/

President Trump on Truth Social: “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.”

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Trump's New Spin on Spiking Oil Prices [View all] applegrove Thursday OP

Trump is an idiot PJMcK Thursday #1

Cool.... Red Mountain Thursday #2

define 'we' dumbfuck donnie rurallib Thursday #3

"me" durablend Thursday #7

If he were any more full of shit Jerry2144 Thursday #4

He is what my old Dutch relative used to call FalloutShelter Thursday #5

Great. Then hand over my money RFN you POS. Maru Kitteh Thursday #6

MaddowBlog-Trump and his allies pitch a new idea: Maybe higher gas prices aren't 'bad news' LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #8

Thanks for the Raw Story article. applegrove Friday #11

Could you imagine what MAGA or Fox News would say if Biden said this? LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #9

Trump's oil boast has cringing industry execs running for cover: report LetMyPeopleVote Friday #10

trump is claiming that high gas costs are good (only for the oil companies) LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #12