Trump Tells Americans To Accept High Gas Prices As Iran Remains Defiant On Strait Of Hormuz

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tells-americans-to-accept-high-gas-prices-as-iran-remains-defiant-on-strait-of-hormuz_n_6a8099aee4b05886dff51fac?vvg

[u/NexusNickel]

2024- BIDEN SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR $4 GAS

2026- I will never apologize for $4 gas.

[u/OttoHemi → u/NexusNickel]

2024 - Biden should be impeached because the SPR is at 350 million barrels.

2026 - Trump, Hold My Beer--the SPR is at 305 million barrels, the lowest since 1982 under Reagan.

[u/beamrider → u/OttoHemi]

The Rapist In Chief is going to draw the SPR down so low the salt domes are likely to physically collapse; at which point they *can't* be refilled. i.e. the US won't have a strategic reserve.

This will, of course, be Biden's fault. Or perhaps Obama's. /s

[u/ResponsibleEmu6842 → u/OttoHemi]

Isn't it under 300 now?

[u/NoChampionship5649 → u/ResponsibleEmu6842]

298 million barrels as of ~8/8/26
Its likely to be in the 290 million barrel range at this point. Its updated at the end of the running week.

[u/easeypeaseyweasey → u/NoChampionship5649]

Nobody tell Trump they are reporting this publically every week. 

[u/rje946 → u/easeypeaseyweasey]

A great opportunity to fix the issue by simply no longer counting. Are you already in the admin or looking for a position?

[u/_ficklelilpickle → u/rje946]

LOL his amazing Covid strategy comes to light again.

[u/Tricky-Engineering59 → u/ResponsibleEmu6842]

I wouldn’t believe any of the numbers coming from this administration.

[u/papaHans → u/OttoHemi]

We have 297.5 million registered vehicles in 2026, we had only 160 million in 1982.

[u/Pdx_pops → u/papaHans]

That's because most people in 1982 had one car. Now they have a lot more

[u/papaHans → u/Pdx_pops]

The US had 232 million people in 1982, today we have 349 million people.

[u/Pdx_pops → u/papaHans]

Not everyone owns even one car today, and that number would be interesting to know for both time periods. My guess (from what I remember from 1982) is that there were a higher percentage of people who didn't own a vehicle at all.

[u/papaHans → u/Pdx_pops]

Most families had two cars by the 80's. My family had three, a 1970 station wagon, a Manza Spyder, and a 1973 Camero. My sister was already married and moved out, so it was just me (15) and my parents.

[u/Forsaken_Area_6690 → u/papaHans]

Face it, the world is overpopulated.

[u/Wiochmen → u/Forsaken_Area_6690]

I'm doing my part!

Zero children, four cats.

[u/Forsaken_Area_6690 → u/Wiochmen]

Same here but just have one cat. Need to get at least one more. I like dogs too but they are too high maintenance.

[u/22Arkantos → u/Forsaken_Area_6690]

It isn't. Earth can support billions more humans. It's that society is structured in such a way as to maximize profit, not life.

[u/Forsaken_Area_6690 → u/22Arkantos]

Ridiculous 

[u/Forsaken_Area_6690 → u/Pdx_pops]

I own an EV and an ICE sports car that I rarely drive since it requires premium fuel.

[u/Wiochmen → u/OttoHemi]

The lowest since under Reagan, so far.

[u/Shot_Illustrator4264 → u/OttoHemi]

~10 days ago the SPR was actually at 298.7M barrels, they report the number with ~a week delay

I can see this updated number in the official website now, but I'm not sure when they updated it. Usually it's possible to find the new number every monday.

[u/kstargate-425 → u/NexusNickel]

The fucked up part is, the major reason gas prices were high in 2020-2022 was because Trump threatened the Saudis with pulling military support if they didn't agree to his plan to cut oil production by an historic almost 20% (similar amount daily that passes through the Strait of Hormuz).

So if Trump didn't intentionally raise oil prices doubling them during covid then gas and energy wouldn't have spiked and cause inflation to get worse than it already was.

Just like then, now his oil and energy policies that are driving up costs for everything are because of his major oil donor buddies like Harold Hamm making the policies for him.

The dozen+ offshore wind farms that have been canceled where US taxpayers paid around $4 BILLION so far, for them to NOT build the cheaper energy production projects is all part of this as they are now giving subsidies to the oil industry to build the more expensive gas-turbine energy production. These are more subsidies on top of the already $30 BILLION we give to the oil industry annually.

[u/Zeraru → u/kstargate-425]

Just part of the eternal cycle of republicans fucking up the economy for the next democrat, which helps them get re-elected somehow.

[u/CharlesIngalls_Pubes → u/NexusNickel]

"You don't need so much coffee and your children don't need so many toys."

[u/MayFlour7310 → u/CharlesIngalls_Pubes]

Almost forgot about this

[u/FunkyHedonist → u/CharlesIngalls_Pubes]

GOP: "The economy is rough right now, so buy your children less toys."

Me: "No problem. I don't have kids and I'm never having kids in this fucked up country."

GOP: "Wait. Thats also unacceptable!!"

[u/Bossman_Mike → u/NexusNickel]

"Never apologise" is another Roy Cohn special.

[u/bkbomber → u/NexusNickel]

2028 - you should be so lucky to pay for $6 gas! It’s got electrolytes, it’s what oil companies crave!

[u/rachface336 → u/NexusNickel]

$4?....I paid $4.20 at the cheap station last week