Trump presses oil Executives....

[rambot]

I like how Biden gets slogged for being eminently corrupt when his son and BIL get paid for maybe kinda sorta implying that Joe could hook their clients up with favors, but Trump goes and solicits these payoffs openly and gets a pat on the back.

Well yes, of course.
What is curious to me is whether those people would trust Trump around their daughters.

 

[Hammster]

I like how Biden gets slogged for being eminently corrupt when his son and BIL get paid for maybe kinda sorta implying that Joe could hook their clients up with favors, but Trump goes and solicits these payoffs openly and gets a pat on the back.

I like it, too.

 

[Hammster]

Well yes, of course.
What is curious to me is whether those people would trust Trump around their daughters.

I wouldn’t trust either one.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Well yes, of course.
What is curious to me is whether those people would trust Trump around their daughters.

Based on his comments about Ivanka, I wouldn’t trust him with his own daughter.

 

[rambot]

I like it, too.

So character is not necessarily an important feature in your leaders?

 

[Hammster]

So character is not necessarily an important feature in your leaders?

It is. It’s why I won’t vote for Biden.

 

[rambot]

It is. It’s why I won’t vote for Biden.

or Trump.

 

[Hammster]

or Trump.

Okay.

 

[rambot]

Okay.

I'm not sure what that response means.

I would just assume you wouldn't vote for Trump based on your response to my query about character. Am I incorrect in thinking you would not vote for him?

 

[Hammster]

I'm not sure what that response means.

I would just assume you wouldn't vote for Trump based on your response to my query about character. Am I incorrect in thinking you would not vote for him?

Yes. Or no.

 

[Pommer]

So?

We “should” produce more?
Won’t that depress the market, having excess supply?

 

[Hammster]

We “should” produce more?
Won’t that depress the market, having excess supply?

It drives the price down.

 

[Fantine]

I didn't see that in the link... hmmm.... (optimistic glasses on) can you post a link?

Or is this an opinion.

Thom Hartmann, a Progress Radio exec, has spoken extensively on this.

When he was president, Trump allowed the Saudis to buy the largest gasoline refinery in America (at Port Arthur, Texas); between their oil supply cuts and the possibility they could reduce that refinery’s output this fall (no doubt because of “maintenance issues”) gas could easily puncture the $7 a gallon ceiling by November.

Analysts found that throughout the midterm election year 2022, there was a nearly one-to-one inverse correlation between the price of gasoline, Americans’ perception of the state of the economy, and approval ratings for the Biden administration. As The Washington Post pointed out that year, there was an estimated 91 percent inverse correlation between the price of gas and the popularity of Democrats when they’re in power: as gas prices go up, Democrats’ approval ratings (and electability) measurably and predictably go down. Trump is Willing to Trade Our Children’s Future for a Billion Dollars

 

[Pommer]

It drives the price down.

Or just increases oil company profits?

 

[hislegacy]

Thom Hartmann, a Progress Radio exec, has spoken extensively on this.

Do you have anything from someone who is not a progressive liberal talking head?

Perhaps something closer to reality?

 

[hislegacy]

Or just increases oil company profits?

It didn't when the price of oil was lower - so were the gas prices - remember the Trump years? Many Americans do.

 

[Hammster]

Or just increases oil company profits?

They can raise prices whenever they want.

 

[Fantine]

We know historically that Saudi Arabia and OPEC cut oil production to drive up prices. They did this when Ukraine's oil was not available to Europe because of Russia's invasion. Instead of acting like statesmen and citizens of the world, maintaining their production, they chose to fuel inflation.

A secondary goal was getting Trump back into the White House. Trump who exacerbates climate change and boosts oil companies' profits by ending regulations.

Since Trump was so opposed to foreign investment in America, why did he allow the sale of the Port Arthur Oil Fields to an OPEC nation, Saudi Arabia, who would help keep oil prices high (during campaign time?)

Some of Hartmann's articles ARE opinion, but he begins the article by referencing the Washington Post. Sometimes he connects links in order to help his readers see the big picture.

And now, of course, Manafort, king of the campaign crooks, apparently being invited to stamp out any miniscule particle of election integrity that the Trump campaign might have.

 

[DaisyDay]

Do you have anything from someone who is not a progressive liberal talking head?

Perhaps something closer to reality?

Ad hom.

 

[Vambram]

I'm very skeptical of the information in the op link. The Politico article has as its source three unnamed people said to be familiar with the conversations. I will require actual proof to believe that news article.