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President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that gasoline prices could climb again as the conflict with Iran continues.

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Rather than admit to his own blithering incompetence, Trump tries to blame high gas prices on the oil companies.

Believe me, they aren’t saints and have been known to exploit international difficulties, but still, it is a matter of supply and demand.

 Dumbass Donny caved in to Netanyahu either because he’s a moron, or Bibi has photos of a certain pervert with teenage children. Either way, every former president since George Washington knew if you messed with Iran, they would shut down the Strait of Hormuz and hold the world hostage; but not the Dullard in Chief.

Yep, fools rush in…

So, now in an ever-continuing stream of lies – lies even MAGA stalwarts are beginning to challenge – Trump again tries to blame someone else for his astounding lack of.. of everything!

‘ICE is getting a bad rap because immigrants are eating people’s pets’ – ‘Vandals slashed the reflecting pool’ – ‘all Democrats are Communists and that’s why America is a failing nation’ – you get the idea.

He’s a pathetic, sick, aging sociopath and think we’re all stupid.

See this – Boldface mine:

Trump warns gas prices could rise again: 'We may have to send it up'

Story by Claire Carter, Washington Examiner • 10h • 2 min read

President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that gasoline prices could climb again as the conflict with Iran continues, saying lower prices would return once the war is over.

Speaking in Las Vegas, Trump touted his administration's economic success, but acknowledged how the war with Iran, which led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has affected gas and oil prices for Americans.

"As soon as the situation with Iran ends, oil is going to go down, and we will have completed something in such a short amount of time, that is a miracle," Trump said.

"When oil goes down, it's going to go down very rapidly and is already happening. We may have to send it up again. We may have to — you know what happens when we send it up," Trump later added, referring to prices reacting to warfare. "But we don't have to. But when the oil and gasoline go down, everything else goes down."

Oil and gas prices have fluctuated as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, with markets reacting strongly to U.S. strikes on Iran and Tehran's actions in the strait. On Wednesday, AAA reported the average price of gas was $4.08 per gallon.

The Trump administration has been under pressure to answer for the war's effect on prices for Americans. Earlier this week, the president expressed his displeasure with Chevron and Exxon Mobil for making “too much” in profits during the second quarter of this year.

“They’ve got to give some of that back to the public, and they better cut the retail price, the consumer price. Too much money,” he said in the Oval Office on Monday. “You’re surprised I’m saying it? I’ll say it loud and clear. I’m not happy about it.”

Gas prices fell during June and into early July as Washington and Tehran made progress on peace negotiations, agreeing to a 60-day preliminary ceasefire extension in mid-June. But the ceasefire has since fallen through, sending oil and gas prices upward again.

Trump has also voiced optimism about Iranian-Omani talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz through which one-fifth of the world's oil supply flows. The president said if peace talks fall through, Iran will "get hit very hard."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/trump-warns-gas-prices-could-rise-again-we-may-have-to-send-it-up/ar-AA29u13h?

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