'If Gas Prices Rise, Then Let It Rise': Trump Says Rising Gas Prices Does Not Concern Him (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
from throws_lemy@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 17:13
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SpankyDoodle@eviltoast.org on 13 Apr 17:18 next collapse

How in touch he always seems with the common man. Just remarkable.

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 19:24 collapse

Would you expect any less from the man who invented the word “groceries”?

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 17:36 next collapse

Marie Antoinette wants her sentiment back

(Yes I know it’s apocryphal don’t @ me)

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Apr 17:36 next collapse

“let them eat cake use diesel”

reddig33@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 17:41 next collapse

Diesel is more expensive in the US.

phar@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 18:03 collapse

Cake is more expensive than bread

queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 18:39 collapse

and some breads in the US qualify as cakes due to unnecessarily high sugar content

jestho@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 20:11 collapse
  • most bread. I was horrified last time I visited. Even what was supposed to be whole grain bread was just dyed light “bread”
qprimed@lemmy.ml on 13 Apr 17:52 collapse

“ethel, get them damn kids hitched up to the truck! they pull slow and we gonna be late!”

Korhaka@sopuli.xyz on 13 Apr 17:39 next collapse

If they rise, they rise. Just makes solar an even more fucking obvious choice.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 18:34 collapse

110% my next car will be an EV.

hddsx@lemmy.ca on 13 Apr 19:01 collapse

That’s really funny. My electricity prices have basically tripled over the past two or three years and my use hasn’t changed.

With the push towards AI data centers that seem to have coats pushed to the average homeowner, I do not think an EV will be the most cost effective option, at least in “car” form.

Maybe an electric bike or scooter would be more cost effective

lemmyng@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 19:10 next collapse

Hybrid vehicles are still an option.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 19:48 next collapse

I know the prices vary by state and municipality but even with a 300% increase you might still save money overall with reduced maintenance and cost-per-mile. Filling up my tank with gas is ~$42 right now and with an equivalent EV it would cost ~$12 to fully charge (if it was 0-100%).

a4ng3l@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 20:03 collapse

I feel you… I went full electric and despite having solar I’m at about 300€ monthly. And that’s on top of the cost of solar and the production I get from the panels. The less we take on the grid the more expensive it is. Now we pay to inject our production when we don’t auto consume it. So all in all it’s always about paying more.

But at least we are not fucking up the air anymore which was the initial idea.

wuffah@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 17:39 next collapse

I think that the distinct overlap between abusive religion and abusive leaders is what makes the former so useful to the latter.

TheTechnician27@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 17:41 next collapse

The original Reuters article instead of this dumpster fire of a source. (Canned explanation whenever I’m not so lazy.)

Also, the IB Times (as usual for this piece of shit outlet) is citing a quote from over a month ago as if it’s new news.

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NullPointerException@lemmy.ca on 13 Apr 17:57 next collapse

Something something brioches?

Corvidae@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 18:00 next collapse

“Drain the Swamp”, “Anti-elite”, “America First”, “Fighting for Main Street, not Wall Street”.

ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml on 13 Apr 18:02 next collapse

Extra stupid because, even if he doesn’t care about the retail price of gasoline for normal people, gas prices drive inflation by increasing the cost to produce basically everything.

Chee_Koala@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 18:42 collapse

His friends + Russian Hitler are raking it in, good enough for American Hitler?

ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml on 13 Apr 19:37 collapse

Too many hitlers these days smh

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 13 Apr 18:06 next collapse

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 18:33 next collapse

Guy who doesn’t pay for his own gas doesn’t care about gas prices. More at 11.

DarkFuture@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 18:35 next collapse

Yeah. The morons he had to appease already gave him a 2nd term.

lemmyng@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 19:09 next collapse

If the president gets shot, then let him get shot.

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 19:18 next collapse

I like him! At least he’s honest! A real man of the people. Someone I could get a beer with. Drain the swamp!

dan1101@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 19:39 next collapse

Trump to the world: “Fuck you all, no one is stopping me from doing anything so I will keep getting more extreme until we find a breaking point.”

HarneyToker@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 19:39 next collapse

Let them eat cake!

jobbies@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 20:06 collapse

Wasn’t he elected precisely because of things like gas prices?

If he was PM here in UK he would be facing calls to resign. This would be seen as abandoning the electorate or breaking a manifesto pledge.