"EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING! YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!

[CatWoman]

what an incompetent, dumb, brain drained asswipe:

President Donald Trump issued a broad warning to "KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN" after his strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, and urged his administration's energy department to "DRILL, BABY, DRILL."

"EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING! YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!" Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday morning.

Trump followed up with an urgent appeal to get America's domestic oil and gas supply flowing: "To The Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!

The Iranians have touted the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key commercial shipping channel through which a significant portion of the world's oil supply passes daily, as a potential retaliation for the strikes. Iran is a major oil producer and would also suffer from a closure.

A spike in oil prices would likely feed back into higher inflation for American consumers, a potentially big political problem for Trump, who ran on a campaign to cool prices.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-fires-oil-price-warning-after-iran-strikes/ar-AA1HfF2f?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=W230&cvid=52cd427f7ef3400ab2b26271018f1597&ei=11

[roamer65]

1. Fuck Trump.

[WSHazel]

2. Trump is trying to fix prices now?

I guess the GOP is no longer the party of free markets.

[dalton99a]

3. Idiot. Just sign an executive order.

[RockRaven]

4. Warmonger Trump supposedly got an undergraduate business degree, and is

supposedly a successful businessman, but he acts like someone who has no fucking idea how markets and commodities work.

The people who look at him and say "yep, that's my guy, that's who I will make my whole personality about" are so far beneath contempt I cannot articulate it properly.

[zorbasd]

11. An actual Economics degree

The people should demand his grade transcripts from UPenn...what the f#ck, he does not understand the basics - taught in middle school -of free market theory of supply and demand. He probably graduated with less than 2.00gpa with daddy's contributions to the school.

[Skittles]

22. I think his "degree" is as authentic as his bone spurs

yes indeed

[unblock]

5. Next, Donnie will solve the heat wave by shouting at the sun.

[Johonny]

6. The two tweets run counter to each other

Low oil prices give little incentive for oil companies to drill more. Particularly for domestic oil which is more expensive to refine.

So, keep oil prices down, mean little increase in domestic drilling. Drill baby drill means, prices are high enough domestic oil sources are profitable and certain oil fields are viable again, so more drilling.

Trump being an economic moron, doesn't understand the energy industry, supply and demand, which seems obvious given his windmills cause cancer and kills whales comments.

[Brainfodder]

7. Jack the price to $20/gallon LETS BE DONE WITH YOU FINALLY BIG OIL!

I am aware, but with big changes comes big changes!

Already fucked it for too many, might as well make it all worthless!

Whose going to watch the necessary things when businesses are all fucked finally from being DICKS to customers and employees not making BANK+?

[sakabatou]

8. He knows we're not a command economy right? Right?

[GoCubsGo]

9. If that's not sheer panic, I don't know what is.

You fucked up royally, you dumbass. Nobody is coming to your rescue this time, no matter how hard you beg.

[hatrack]

12. "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!"

[PSPS]

14. LOL! Did he really include that usual salutation on this one too?

[hatrack]

16. Sadly no, but it's pretty much become the default signature line of President Karen . . .

[stillcool]

13. That's it for me

the brain won't compute. It's like he's 'watching' some sporting event.

[surfered]

15. Trump: We bomb you then declare peace. You retaliate, then it's war. He's an effing idiot...

…or moron according to his previous Secretary of State Tillerson

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Shockingly, After 3 Weeks Of Upward Price Trends For Crude...

...it went DOWN nearly 4 bucks a barrel since 8 this morning.
So he's going to think he won. Guy is the luckiest person ever.
The threat of middle east oil supply disruption makes the price go down?

[2MuchNoise]

18. If not, whattaya gonna do, donald? Start bombing gas stations in 2 weeks?

[Hugin]

19. Too late.

Just drove by a station, up $0.45 from Friday.

Trump touched it, it’s sh*t…

Anyone know where I can get some, “I did that.” stickers?

[Tribetime]

20. HEY DRUMPH DO THE WORLD A FAVOR AND STROKE OUT!!!

[Kid Berwyn]

21. Traitor Trump is the enemy.

Trumpy turd listens to Putin and does whatever is best for Putin.

[haele]

23. The Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society disagree...

The Oil/Energy Companies bankroll Conservative and "Anti-Socialist" think tanks - they and their eager sock-puppet media outlets got your ass elected.
As soon as this becomes a proper Oligarchy, you're gone. Your cult won't matter anymore.

[W_HAMILTON]

24. Even Trump's dumbass gets it, yet we had a couple choice DUers telling us that these attacks wouldn't impact gas prices.